Lewis Capaldi – How This Ends Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Lewis Capaldi – How This Ends Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsDABmGBm/A#Bm/ABm/G#Gm

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[Verse 1]
D                     A
You said, "Who are we fooling?"
                  Bm
I guess that you gave up
              G
On all that I am and all
         A
that I'm not
                   D
'Cause I'm fucking useless
                A
 and full of excuses
                 Bm
I guess that you cut free
                 G
From all that we are
                A
 and will never be

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[Pre-Chorus]
        Bm          A
Now the flowers are dead like
     G             A
 the hearts in our chest
        Bm         A
And I'm hanging my head
           G           G
'cause I'm tryna forget
       A            A
How we bled, and we bled,
         A            A    D
and we bled, and we bled
[Chorus]
D                    A
    So, this is where we
         Bm
 ended up
             G
All of those years that
                   D
I wasted for lovе
                A            Bm
And, here it is, forevеrmore
                G
The house is on fire and
                      Bm
I can't find the door
             Bm/A#
If I had the heart to
           Bm/A
 start it again
                  Bm/G#
I'd stamp out the sparks
                  G
in my own self-defence
         Gm
Say, you ain't gonna
                D
like how this ends

[Verse 2]
                D
You know, if we went back
               A
To fix what we once had
                 Bm
There'd still be no chance
            G
For you and me 'cause
           A
 inevitably

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[Pre-Chorus]
        Bm          A
Now the flowers are dead
          G             A
 like the hearts in our chest
        Bm         A
And I'm hanging my head
           G           G
 'cause I'm tryna forget
       A            A
How we bled, and we bled,
        A            A      D
and we bled, and we bled

[Chorus]
D                    A
    So, this is where we
         Bm
 ended up
             G
All of those years that
                   D
 I wasted for lovе
                A            Bm
And, here it is, forevеrmore
                G
The house is on fire and
                       Bm
I can't find the door
             Bm/A#
If I had the heart
             Bm/A
 to start it again
                  Bm/G#
I'd stamp out the sparks
                   G
 in my own self-defence
         Gm
Say, you ain't gonna like
             Bm
 how this ends

[Bridge]
A                     G
Broken with no way to mend
        Gm
No, you ain't gonna like
               Bm
 how this ends
    A
I'm stuck and just
            G
 tryna forget
       Gm           Gm
How we bled, and we bled,
         Gm           Gm
 and we bled, and we bled

[Chorus]
D                    A
    So, this is where we
         Bm
 ended up
             G
All of those years that
                  D
I wasted for lovе
                A            Bm
And, here it is, forevеrmore
                G
The house is on fire and
                      Bm
I can't find the door
             Bm/A#
If I had the heart to
           Bm/A
 start it again
                  Bm/G#
I'd stamp out the sparks
                    G
in my own self-defence
           Gm
Say, you ain't gonna
                    D
like how this ends

How to play How This Ends: key, chords and progression

These are How This Ends chords by Lewis Capaldi on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

How This Ends by Lewis Capaldi is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 8 chords: D, A, Bm, G, Bm/A#, Bm/A, Bm/G# and Gm.

Listen for D – A – Bm – G (I – V – vi – IV in D major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes A, E, F#m, D, Dm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D

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How This Ends chords: questions

What key is How This Ends in?

How This Ends by Lewis Capaldi is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in How This Ends?

How This Ends uses 8 chords: D, A, Bm, G, Bm/A#, Bm/A, Bm/G#, Gm.

What is the chord progression of How This Ends?

The main progression is D – A – Bm – G (I – V – vi – IV), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs.

Is How This Ends easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes A, E, F#m, D, Dm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo).

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