Kanye West – Ghost Town Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Kanye West – Ghost Town Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

ChordsFD7Gm7C7Am7EbDmBbCDm7

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This is the chord progression of Ghost Town by Kanye West from his ‘Ye’ Album on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F                      D7
Some day, some day
Gm7                             C7                             F
Some day I’ll, I will wear a starry crown
F
Some day, some day
Am7
Some day I wanna lay down, like God did, on Sunday

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Am7
Hold up, hold up
Eb                             Dm
Some day, some days
Gm7                                           Am7
I remembered this on a Sunday
Bb               C    Gm7         Am7
Back way, yeah, way, way
Bb                             C
Burning, mhm-mhm

F                                                                       Am7
Uh, some day, well, I wanna tell everybody, some days
Eb
I wanna hit the red dot, I’ll never find
Dm7
Some days, ohh
Dm7
(Heatstroke)
Gm7                             Am7               Bb               C
Now that I’m livin’ high, I’m smokin’ marijuana
Gm7               Am7                             Bb                             C
Now that I’m livin’ high, I do whatever I wanna, oh, yeah

[Refrain]
F                                           Am7
I’ve been tryin’ to make you love me
Eb               Dm7                             Gm7                             Bb
But everything I try just takes you further from me

[Verse]
F                                                                       Am7
Some day we gon’ set it off, some day we gon’ get this off
Eb
Baby, don’t you bet it all, on a path of Fentanyl
Dm7
You might think they wrote you off
Gm7                                           Am7
They gon’ have to rope me off
Bb               C               Gm7               Am7               Bb    C         F
Some day the drama’ll be gone, and they’ll pray, no, oh, no

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Am7
Sometimes I take all the shine, talk like I drank all the wine
Eb
Years ahead but way behind, I’m on one, two, three, four, five
Dm7                             Gm7                                                 Am7
No half-truths, just naked minds, caught between space and time
Bb                             C               Gm7               Am7 Bb C F
This now, with the world in mind, but maybe some day

[Refrain]
F                                           Am7
I’ve been tryin’ to make you love me
Eb               Dm7                             Gm7               Bb
But everything I try just takes you further from me

[Outro]
F                                           Am7
Woah, once again I am a child
Eb                                                         Dm7
I let it all go, of everything that I know, yeah
Gm7               Am7               Bb
Of everything that I know, yeah
C               Gm7               Am7     Bb      C        F
And nothing hurts anymore, I feel kinda free
F                                                         Am7
We’re still the kids we used to be, yeah, yeah
Eb               Dm7               Gm7      Am7               Bb
I put my hand on a stove, to see if I still bleed

C               Gm7               Am7               Bb               C      F
Yeah, and nothing hurts anymore, I feel kinda free
F                                                                       Am7
We’re still the kids we used to be, yeah, yeah
Eb               Dm7               Gm7     Am7               Bb
I put my hand on a stove, to see if I still bleed
C               Gm7               Am7               Bb     C               F
Yeah, and nothing hurts anymore, I feel kinda free
F                                                         Am7
We’re still the kids we used to be, yeah, yeah

Eb      Dm7       Gm7            Am7               Bb
I put my hand on a stove, to see if I still bleed
C               Gm7               Am7               Bb     C               F
Yeah, and nothing hurts anymore, I feel kinda free
We’re still the kids we used to be, yeah, yeah
Eb Dm7 Gm7 Am7 Bb
I put my hand on a stove, to see if I still bleed
C Gm7 Am7 Bb C F
Yeah, and nothing hurts anymore, I feel kinda free

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How to play Ghost Town: key, chords and progression

Ghost Town by Kanye West is centred on F major (one flat: B♭). The song uses 10 chords: F, D7, Gm7, C7, Am7, Eb, Dm, Bb, C and Dm7.

Most of the song cycles through Gm7 – Am7 – Bb – C (ii7 – iii7 – IV – V in F major). In solfa, that is reh – mi – fah – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, A7, Dm7, G7, Em7, Bb, Am, F, G, Am7 (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
D7 chord on guitar (xx0212)
D7D F♯ A C
Gm7 chord on guitar (353333)
Gm7G B♭ D F
C7 chord on guitar (x32310)
C7C E G B♭
Am7 chord on guitar (x02010)
Am7A C E G
Eb chord on guitar (x68886)
E♭E♭ G B♭
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Dm7 chord on guitar (xx0211)
Dm7D F A C

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Ghost Town chords: questions

What key is Ghost Town in?

Ghost Town by Kanye West is centred on F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in Ghost Town?

Ghost Town uses 10 chords: F, D7, Gm7, C7, Am7, Eb, Dm, Bb, C, Dm7.

What is the chord progression of Ghost Town?

The main progression is Gm7 – Am7 – Bb – C (ii7 – iii7 – IV – V).

Is Ghost Town easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, A7, Dm7, G7, Em7, Bb, Am, F, G, Am7 (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo).

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