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Lorde – Solar Power Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Solar Power by Lorde on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
B                   A
  I hate the winter, can't stand the cold
  E                      B
I tend to cancel all the plans
(so sorry, I can't make it)
B                         A
  But when the heat comes, something
takes a hold
      E                B
Can I kick it? Yeah, I can

[Pre-Chorus 1]
   B
My cheeks in high colour, overripe peaches
A
  No shirt, no shoes, only my features
E                                      B
My boy behind me, he's taking pictures
B
Lead the boys and girls onto the beaches
A
  Come one, come all,
I'll tell you my secrets
E                               B
I'm kinda like a prettier Jesus

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[Chorus 1]
                      A
Ahh ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ahh
                   E
Forget all of thе tears
that you've cried
      B
It's ovеr (over, over)
                      A
Ahh ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ahh
                     E
It's a new state of mind
                         B
Are you comin', my baby?

[Verse 2]
B             B A
   Acid green,--- aquamarine
    E                        B
The girls are dancing in the sand
      B                               A
And I throw my cellular device in the water
        E                 B
Can you reach me? No, you can't (ah-uh)

[Pre-Chorus 2]
   B
My cheeks in high colour, overripe peaches
A
  No shirt, no shoes, only my features
E
My boy behind me, he's taking pictures
 B
  (he's taking pictures)

B
Lead the boys and girls onto the beaches
A
  Come one, come all,
 I'll tell you my secrets
E                               B
I'm kinda like a prettier Jesus

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[Chorus 2]
                      A
Ahh ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ahh
                 E
Turn it on in a new kind of bright
      B
It's solar (solar, solar)
                      A
Ahh ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ahh
                            E
Come on and let the bliss begin
Blink three times when you
feel it kickin' in

[Outro]
     B     A    E     B
That solar-olar-olar power
B     A    E     B
Solar-olar-olar power
B     A    E     B
Solar-olar-olar power

B     A    E     B
Solar-olar-olar power
B     A    E     B
Solar-olar-olar power
B     A    E
Solar-olar-olar power

How to play Solar Power: key, chords and progression

Solar Power by Lorde sits in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), and you need 3 chords to play it: B, A and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is B – A – E – B (V – IV – I – V in E major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes A, G, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.