Justin Timberlake – Technicolor Chords on Piano and Ukulele

Justin Timberlake – Technicolor Chords on Piano and Ukulele

ChordsCmaj7Dm7Am7Bm7D

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These are Technicolor by Justin Timberlake on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Part I]
[Intro]
Cmaj7
    Dm7 Am7
Yeah
                  Bm7
I need to say this, uh

[Verse 1]
Cmaj7
     You're so fucking
                     Dm7
 perfect, girl, in every
 way
Am7
   Poetry in motion,
 lovin'
 Bm7
every shade
Cmaj7
     I love and hate to
                  Dm7
have to watch you walk
away
Am7
   So don't walk away
Bm7
   Stay

[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
(Ooh-woah) My Marilyn
Monroe,
            Dm7
 but the modern day
Am7
(Ooh-woah) Don't let
all these
 lights and colors
  on you
  Bm7
 go to waste
Cmaj7
(Ooh-woah) Come closer
and
               Dm7
let me take up all your
 space
Am7
Let's connect to outer
 space
      Bm7
And I gotta say

[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Every day, every night,
         Dm7
 only you
Am7
Couldn't stop even if
            Bm7
 I wanted to
Cmaj7
You do all the things
                  Dm7
 that I want to do
           Am7
That's the thing about
 your love
            Bm7
Baby, I can never get
      Cmaj7  Dm7 Am7
enough
               Bm7
Darling, I can never
          Cmaj7 Dm7 Am7
 get enough
And that's the thing
                Bm7
 about your love

[Verse 2]
Cmaj7
     You're so fucking
     perfect,
 Dm7
 even every flaw
Am7
   Don't you second
    guess a
            Bm7
 thing, I love it
  all
Cmaj7
     And I gotta
     answer every
 time your body
 calls
Am7
Or I go through
withdrawals
   Bm7
, baby

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[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
(Ooh-woah) My Marilyn
 Monroe,
           Dm7
but the modern day
Am7
(Ooh-woah) Don't let
all these
lights and colors on
    Bm7
you go to
 waste
Cmaj7
(Ooh-woah) Come
closer and let
           Dm7
me take up all
 your space
Am7
Let's connect to
 outer space
      Bm7
And I gotta say that

[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Every day, every night,
  Dm7
only you (Only you)
Am7
Couldn't stop even if I
   Bm7
 wanted to (Even if I wanted
 to, baby)
Cmaj7
You do all the things
                 Dm7
that I want to do
           Am7
That's the thing about
 your love
            Bm7
Baby, I can never get
       Cmaj7  Dm7 Am7
 enough
Darling, I can
  Bm7
 never get enough

[Part II]
[Intro]
Cmaj7 D
Cmaj7
    D
Yeah, yeah, uh

[Verse 3]
Cmaj7
Caught up in the moment,
 every color saturated
D
 Your shape is painted on
my canvas like it's animated
Cmaj7
     Every emotion alive,
     D
 so vivid
Can I live it? Yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
     Even when you're
     outta
 focus, I can see you
 workin'
D
 Your silhouette got
  all
the feels
It feels like
picture-perfect
Cmaj7
I wish you'd come closer
And meet me under
    D
the light so I

[Chorus]
Let's make love in
  Cmaj7
technicolor
(Color, color, color,
 color)
Use all of our sound
      D
and sights
'Cause I don't want
 to love
 Cmaj7
 another
 (Another, another,
another, another)
And that's the only
 thing black
         D
 and white
Yeah, I just want to
film this
 Cmaj7
 feeling (Yeah)
'Cause everything you
feel,
      D
I'm feeling
Let's make love in
 Cmaj7
 technicolor
We can make it take all night
                    D
I won't fade if you don't,
 you don't
[Verse 4]
Cmaj7
     And now, my vision is
 precision
cutting through the static
D
 And all I see is our
 wildest
 dreams,
our love is cinematic
Cmaj7
     Every motion's alive
        D
It's so vivid, I know
'cause
 I live it, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
     Even when you're
     outta
focus, I can see you
workin'
D
 Your silhouette got
  all the
feels
It feels like picture-
perfect
Cmaj7
I wish you'd come closer
                      D
And meet me under the light
 so I

[Chorus]
Let's make love in
  Cmaj7
 technicolor
 (Color, color,
 color, color)
Use all of our sound
      D
and sights
'Cause I don't want to
      Cmaj7
 love another
(Another, another,
another, another)
And that's the only
 thing black
     D
and white
Yeah, I just want to
 film
        Cmaj7
 this feeling (Yeah)
'Cause everything you
feel,
        D
 I'm feeling
Let's make love in
  Cmaj7
technicolor
We can make it take all
night
                    D
I won't fade if you don't,
 you don't

[Bridge]
Cmaj7
Action, when I call out
 action, passion
        D
Seatbelt fastened,
smashing
Foot on the gas and
 not
 letting up
Cmaj7
Action now, when I
call out
action, passion
             D
The color of our
attraction
Red waves crashing,
 not
      Cmaj7 D
 letting up

[Chorus]
Let's make love in
  Cmaj7
technicolor
 (Color, color, color,
  color)
Use all of our sound and
 D
 sights
'Cause I don't want to
       Cmaj7
love another
 (Another, another,
 another, another)
And that's the only thing
             D
 black and white
Yeah, I just want to
film this
  Cmaj7
feeling (Yeah)
'Cause everything you feel,
        D
 I'm feeling
So let's make love in
   Cmaj7
technicolor (Let's make)
We can make it take all
night
                    D
I won't fade if you don't,
 you don't

[Outro]
 Cmaj7
Hmm
                        D
You're my love in technicolor

Watch: Justin Timberlake - Technicolor (Visualizer)

From justintimberlakeVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Technicolor: key, chords and progression

Technicolor by Justin Timberlake sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 5 chords to play it: Cmaj7, Dm7, Am7, Bm7 and D.

Listen for Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Am7 – Bm7 (Imaj7 – ii7 – vi7 – vii7 in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – reh – lah – te. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.

Chord diagrams

Cmaj7 chord on guitar (x32000)
Cmaj7C E G B
Dm7 chord on guitar (xx0211)
Dm7D F A C
Am7 chord on guitar (x02010)
Am7A C E G
Bm7 chord on guitar (x24232)
Bm7B D F♯ A
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A

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Technicolor chords: questions

What key is Technicolor in?

Technicolor by Justin Timberlake is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Technicolor?

Technicolor uses 5 chords: Cmaj7, Dm7, Am7, Bm7, D.

What is the chord progression of Technicolor?

The main progression is Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Am7 – Bm7 (Imaj7 – ii7 – vi7 – vii7).

Is Technicolor easy to play on guitar?

Yes. Almost every chord is an open chord, so it suits beginners.

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