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Lizzy McAlpine – An Ego Thing Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Verse 1]
Ab        Bb
Guns drawn, slow down
       Bb
It's a battle over something stupid
B               Bb
They're all the rage right now
Ab        Bb
You don't know the truth
       Bb
It's a battle that
I think I'm winning
B                  Bb
Something makes me think
                   Ab   Bb
you think that too

[Pre-Chorus]
      Bb
I was trying to be honest
B                   Bb
You don't make that easy to do

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[Chorus]
Db             Ab
It's not that important
                  Bb
It's none of your concern
                 Db
But you got angry
Db
And said some angry words
Db                 Ab
It's not that I hate you
               Bb
I hate that it hurt
                          Db
There's nothing else to it
Db
I can't do anything more, mm

[Verse 2]
Ab          Bb
Sharp knife, loaded gun
          Bb
There are two ways we can do this
B                 Bb
I know which would be more fun
Ab               Bb
I won't go first, won't apologize
       Bb
Pretty sure that it's an ego thing
B           Bb                 Ab  Bb
But I can't stand a compromise

[Pre-Chorus]
      Bb
I was trying to be honest
B                     Bb
But now I think I should've just liеd

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[Chorus]
Db             Ab
It's not that important
                  Bb
It's none of your concern
                 Db
But you got angry
Db
And said some angry words
Db                 Ab
It's not that I hate you
               Bb
I hate that it hurt
                          Db
There's nothing else to it
                    Db        Ab
I can't do anything more, mm

[Outro]
Bb            Db
Ooh-oh, I was trying to be honest
   B              Bb
If this is what I get,
              Db
I won't be honest anymore
        B
Oh, if this is what I get
   Db              N.C.
I swear I won't be honest anymore

How to play An Ego Thing: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for An Ego Thing by Lizzy McAlpine on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

An Ego Thing by Lizzy McAlpine sits in F♯ major (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: Ab, Bb, B and Db.

Most of the song cycles through Ab – Bb – B – Bb (II – III – IV – III in F♯ major). In solfa, that is reh – mi – fah – mi. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes G, A, Bb, C (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.