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Marshmello & Demi Lovato – Ok Not To Be Ok Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 9, 2026

ChordsA C#m B E

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This is the chords of Ok Not To Be Ok by Marshmello & Demi Lovato on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
A C#m B   E

[Verse 1]
               A
Feeling like a drop in the ocean
    C#m
But don't nobody notice
B
Maybe it’s all just in your head
E                     A
  Feeling like you're trapped 
in your own skin
    C#m
And now your body's frozen
B                                   E
Broken down, you’ve got nothing left

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[Pre-Chorus]
            A
When you're high on emotion
           C#m
And you're losing your focus
        B                         E
And you feel too exhausted to pray
          A
Don't get lost in the moment
        C#m
Or give up when you're closest
        B                 
All you need is somebody to say

[Chorus]
                     A    C#m
It's okay not to be okay
                     B
It's okay not to be okay
            E               
When you're down and you feel
  A       C#m
 ashamed
                     B
It’s okay not to be okay

[Verse 2]
                    A
Feeling like you’re lost in illusion
    C#m
And lately you're secluded
B                                    E
Thinking you’ll never get your chancе
                    A
Feeling like you've got no solution
     C#m
It's only 'cause you’rе human
B                                 E
No control, it's out of your hands

[Pre-Chorus]
            A
When you're high on emotion
           C#m
And you're losing your focus
        B                         E
And you feel too exhausted to pray
          A
Don't get lost in the moment
        C#m
Or give up when you're closest
        B                 
All you need is somebody to say

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[Chorus]
                     A    C#m
It's okay not to be okay
                     B
It's okay not to be okay
            E           
When you're down and you 
      A       C#m
feel ashamed
                     B    E
It’s okay not to be okay

[Bridge]
            A
When you're high on emotion
           C#m
And you're losing your focus
        B                 
And you feel too exhausted 
              E
to pray (Aah)
          A
Don't get lost in the moment
        C#m
Or give up when you're closest
        B                  
All you need is somebody to say

[Chorus]
                     A     C#m
It's okay not to be okay (Ooh)
                     B
It's okay not to be okay (No, no, no)
            E                  A
When you're down and you feel ashamed
               C#m
(When you feel ashamed)
                     B
It's okay not to be okay 
(No, no, no, no)
      E              
It's okay not to be okay

How to play Ok Not To Be Ok: key, chords and progression

Ok Not To Be Ok by Marshmello & Demi Lovato sits in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: A, C#m, B and E.

The backbone of the song is A – C#m – B – E (IV – vi – V – I in E major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, Bm, A, D (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.