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Melanie Martinez – Possession Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Possession chords by Melanie Martinez for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
C E5/B Am E5/B

[Verse 1]
C                       
  I hit my head real hard,
E5/B                Am
 I woke up in a jar
                         E5
On top of his blue metal shelf 
full of trinkets
C                        E5/B 
  He'd dust me off each day,
                       Am
 I'm made of porcelain clay
                       E5/B
I feed him kisses so I don't 
break down to pieces

[Pre-Chorus]
C                     E5/B
  And now he's hungry, I'll 
feed him candy
       Am               
You're screamin' at me loud,
 screamin' at me loud, 
screamin' at me loud

[Chorus]
Fmaj7               Dm      
  Baby, I'm your possession, 
                  Am
handle me like a weapon
                   G
Gaslight me right, tell me,
 "Keep quiet"
               Fmaj7
I'll go along, di-di-dum
                 Dm    
Put me up like a prize, 
                     Am
I'll be a good housewife
                          G
You won't see me cry when women
 come by
         Gsus4 F
I'll go along, di-di-dum

[Post-Chorus]
          Dm        
Dum, dum, di-di-dum, 
                      Am
di-di-dum, di-di-dum
Am               G
  Dum, dum, dum, di-di-dum 
di-di-dum, di-di-dum
Fmaj7            Dm
  Dum, dum, dum, di-di-dum 
di-di, dum, di-di-dum
Am               G
  Dum, dum, dum, di-di-dum 
di-di-dum, di-di-dum 
(Di-di-dum)

[Verse 2]
C                       
  He leaves me all alone,
E5/B                      Am
 from dusk to fckin' dawn
                            E5/B
I'll clean up after all his shit,
 I'm the housekeeper
C                             E5/B
  He comes home drunk at night, of
                      Am
 course he picks a fight
                         E5/B
I try my best to bite my tongue,
 but it keeps bleedin'

[Pre-Chorus]
C                     E5/B
  How could he love me if he
 won't see me?
    Am              
I'm crying with a knife, 
wanna take my life, never 
treats me right

[Chorus]
Fmaj7               Dm      
  Baby, I'm your possession, 
                  Am
handle me like a weapon
                   G
Gaslight me right, tell me,
 "Keep quiet"
               Fmaj7
I'll go along, di-di-dum
                 Dm    
Put me up like a prize, 
                     Am
I'll be a good housewife
                          G
You won't see me cry when women
 come by
         Gsus4 F
I'll go along, di-di-dum

[Post-Chorus]
          Dm        
Dum, dum, di-di-dum, 
                      Am
di-di-dum, di-di-dum
Am               G
  Dum, dum, dum, di-di-dum,
 di-di-dum, di-di-dum
Fmaj7            Dm
  Dum, dum, dum, di-di-dum, 
di-di, dum, di-di-dum
Am               G
  Dum, dum, dum, di-di-dum, 
di-di-dum, di-di-dum

[Outro]
         Dm
Took the keys and left, 
drove into a tree
        Am
Looked around for a minute, 
people starin' at me
     G
A concussion reversin' 
all the damage I had
I may be bruised,
 but it's not that bad

Watch: Melanie Martinez - POSSESSION (Official Audio)

From melanie martinez on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Possession: key, chords and progression

To play Possession by Melanie Martinez, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 9 chords: C, E5/B, Am, E5, Fmaj7, Dm, G, Gsus4 and F.

The backbone of the song is Fmaj7 – Dm – Am – G (IVmaj7 – ii – vi – V in C major). In solfa, that is fah – reh – lah – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.