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Mackenzie Carpenter – Only Girl Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Only Girl chords by Mackenzie Carpenter on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G   D   G   D

[Verse 1]
   G
He sings me like
this favorite
    D
song on the radio
   G
He fits me like
the
perfect pair of
 D
old blue jeans
     G
Every kiss is like
 D/F#
a wildfire, it
 Em
gets me higher
   D
than heaven
       G
God, help me

[Chorus]
G
He looks at me
like the only
     D
star in his sky
         G
He holds me tight
like he'll
      D
never say goodbye
              G
And I know there’s
       D/F#
millions and
        Em
billions of people
D/F#          G
Living in this world
    A
But he loves
me like I'm
  G    D
the only girl

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[Verse 2]
    G
He's got me
memorized,
he knows
D
me like those
red words
  G
He keeps me like a
promise, yeah,
D
he keeps me safe
      G
I just can’t believe
 D/F#              Em
it ain't a dream, he's
here with me
   D/F#      G  A
And I'm wide awake

[Chorus]
G
He looks at me
like the only
     D
star in his
sky
         G
He holds me
tight
like he'll
       D
never say
goodbye
And I know
  G
there’s
       D/F#
millions and
billions
  Em
of people
D/F#
Living in
    G
this world
    A
But he loves me
like I'm
 G  D
the only girl
Like I'm the
 G   D
only girl

[Bridge]
    Bm
Every heartbreak,
 A
every prayer I
prayed
  G       D/F#
God must’ve paid
Em7
 attention

[Chorus]
’Cause he looks
 G
at me
like the only
v
star in his sky
         G
He holds me tight
like he'll never
 D
say goodbye
And I know
  G
there’s
       D/F#
millions and
          Em
billions of people
D/F#         G
Living in this world
      Em      G
But he loves me
like I'm the
D     G
only girl
Like I'm the
  D
only girl

[Outro]
D  G   Em7  D

How to play Only Girl: key, chords and progression

Only Girl by Mackenzie Carpenter is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 7 chords: G, D, D/F#, Em, A, Bm and Em7.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes C, G, Am, D, Em, Am7 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Em7 chord on guitar (020000) — Em7E G B D

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Only Girl chords: questions

What key is Only Girl in?

Only Girl by Mackenzie Carpenter is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Only Girl?

Only Girl uses 7 chords: G, D, D/F#, Em, A, Bm, Em7.

What is the chord progression of Only Girl?

The main progression is G – D – G – D/F# (IV – I – IV – I).

Is Only Girl easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes C, G, Am, D, Em, Am7 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo).

These are Only Girl chords by Mackenzie Carpenter on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

How to play Only Girl: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Only Girl chords: questions

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