Luke Hemmings – Starting Line Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Luke Hemmings – Starting Line Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsDD6Dmaj7Gmaj7AA6Bm7BmG

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These are the chords for Starting Line by Luke Hemmings on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

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[Intro]
D
D D6 Dmaj7 D6
Gmaj7

[Verse 1]
              D
In and out of focus
               D6
Moments that I keep
                  Dmaj7
Something for the pain
                   D6
And something so I sleep
          Gmaj7
Won’t you comfort me?
         Gmaj7
Warm the air that I breathe
            D
Visceral in doses
              D6
Hiding in the seams
                Dmaj7
Standing on the sun and
               D6
I don’t feel a thing
          Gmaj7
Won’t you comfort me?
         Gmaj7
Take the fear I don’t need

[Chorus]
  A                           A6
I wake every morning with the years
ticking by
    Bm7
I’m missing all these memories,
      Gmaj7
maybe they were never mine
  A
I feel the walls are closing
I’m running out of the time
  Bm
I think I missed the gun
       G
at the starting line

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[Instrumental]
D G

[Verse 2]
              D
Tell me, am I broken?
            D6
I can never leave
             Dmaj7
Biting on my tongue and
               D6
Checking if it bleeds
      Gmaj7
Is it lost on me?
        Gmaj7
All the things I believe
                  D
Something like an omen
            D6
I can never keep
              Dmaj7
Moving on and on,
             D6
so very bittersweet
      Gmaj7
Is it lost on me?
        Gmaj7
All the things I don’t need

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[Chorus]
  A                           A6
I wake every morning with the years
ticking by
    Bm7
I’m missing all these memories,
      Gmaj7
maybe they were never mine
  A
I feel the walls are closing

I’m running out of the time
  Bm
I think I missed the gun
       G
at the starting line

[Instrumental]
D G

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[Bridge]
D
Take me alive
D
Make me a liar
D
Take me alive
                           G
Don’t look away until it’s gone
G
Til it’s gone
D
Take me alive
D
Make me a liar
D
Take me alive
                           G
Don’t look away until it’s gone
G
Til it’s gone

[Chorus]
  A                           A6
I wake every morning with the years
ticking by
    Bm7
I’m missing all these memories,
      Gmaj7
maybe they were never mine
  A
I feel the walls are closing

I’m running out of the time
  Bm
I think I missed the gun
       G
at the starting line

[Instrumental]
D G

[Outro]
D
Take me alive
D
Make me a liar
D
Take me alive
                           G
Don’t look away until it’s gone
G
Til it’s gone
D
Take me alive
D
Make me a liar
D
Take me alive
                           G
Don’t look away until it’s gone
G            D   G
Til it’s gone

How to play Starting Line: key, chords and progression

Starting Line by Luke Hemmings is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 9 chords: D, D6, Dmaj7, Gmaj7, A, A6, Bm7, Bm and G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6 (I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6 in D major). In solfa, that is doh – doh – doh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm7 and Bm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
D6 chord on guitar (xx0202)
D6D F♯ A B
Dmaj7 chord on guitar (xx0222)
Dmaj7D F♯ A C♯
Gmaj7 chord on guitar (320002)
Gmaj7G B D F♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
A6 chord on guitar (x02222)
A6A C♯ E F♯
Bm7 chord on guitar (x24232)
Bm7B D F♯ A
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D

Starting Line chords: questions

What key is Starting Line in?

Starting Line by Luke Hemmings is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Starting Line?

Starting Line uses 9 chords: D, D6, Dmaj7, Gmaj7, A, A6, Bm7, Bm, G.

What is the chord progression of Starting Line?

The main progression is D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6 (I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6).

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