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Katie Gavin – Sketches Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G  Em D
G  C  D7/F#
G  Em D
G
G D/F# Em D Cmaj7
D

[Verse 1]
G
I've seen
paintings
         Em
that are real
lives,
              C
And I've seen real
lives that are
     D        D7
just sketches,
G
I can say because
 I've
G     D/F# Em
been in----side
D  Cmaj7   D
of them.

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[Chorus]
        G
        G
And the deeper
you go, the
Em          D
Em          D
smaller you get,
         G
You're  a  line 
on a road, 
  C
and a point  
 D7/F#
on a pen,
    Cmaj7
The deeper
      Em  D
you go.


[Interlude]
G
G D/F# Em D Cmaj7
D

[Verse 2]
G
Thought my
love
for you
    Em
was all time,
          C
Turns out all
that time I never
D        D7
loved you,
G
Some of us can
 make a
G      D/F# Em
sketch of   love to
D    Cmaj7   Cmaj7
fall in,
      D
And I did.


[Chorus 2]
    G
But love makes
you grow,
Em    D
So it never
quite fit,
         G
That the deeper
 I'd go, the
Cmaj7
smaller I'd
D7/F#
get,
    Cmaj7
The deeper
      Em  D
I'd go.


[Interlude]
G
G D/F# Em D Cmaj7
D

[Outro]
G
Went out walking
 just to
Em
see the sunrise,
           C
Stayed the same
 size,
 turned pink
    D       D7
and orange,
G
I can say 'cause
 I've been
G   D/F# Em
painting my--
D    Cmaj7
self back.

Watch: Sketches

From Katie Gavin - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Sketches: key, chords and progression

Sketches by Katie Gavin is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 8 chords in all: G, Em, D, C, D7/F#, D/F#, Cmaj7 and D7.

Listen for G – D/F# – Em – D (I – V – vi – V in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.