Mar232023

Melanie Martinez – Void Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
A G D
A G D
A G          D
     In the void, in the void
        A            G
In the void, in the void,
          D
 in the void

[Verse 1]
A    G# E      C#m
Baby,     I'm spinning
             A     G# E
round the corner
     E               A
It's tasting kind of lonely
 G# E        C#m
     and my mind wants
      A       G# E
to control me
         A     G# E
Ah-ah-ah-empty,
        C#m
there's rotten things
      A     G# E
 left in me
   E           A    G# E
Injected by society,
        C#m
 no one here but me
    A      G# E
to judge me

[Pre-Chorus]
A         G#           E
   Pipe down with the noise,
          C#m         A
 I cannot bear my sorrow
A      G#         E
    I hate who I was before
A     G#           E
   I fear I won't live to
         C#m       A
 see the day tomorrow
A               G#          E
Someone tell me if this is Hell

[Chorus]
  A   G#                  E
I     got to escape that void,
  C#m                A
there is no other choice, yeah
G#                   E
Tryna turn down the voices,
               A
the void ate me
G#                     E
Look at the mess I've done,
   C#m                A
 there is nowhere to run, yeah
G#                 E
Holding a loading gun, the void

[Post-Chorus]
A                G#
Like a priest behind
             E
confession walls,
            C#m
 I judge myself
A              G#       E
Kneeling on a metal grater
A              G#
Bloody like a body that
      E               C#m
has died and it's myself
A             G#        E
Tangled in my own intestines
  A   G#                  E
I     got to escape that void,
   C#m                A
 there is no other choice, yeah
G#                 E
Got to escape the void

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[Verse 2]
A           G# E     C#m
So strange,      I'm trying
             A      G# E
to find a doorway
   E                A
My eyes are staring at me,
 G# E           C#m
      and they seem so damn
    A       G# E
unhappy
         A      G# E    C#m
C-c-c-c-collect      my fickle
      A       G# E
 insecurities,
     E              A     G# E
And turn them into beauty,
       C#m
 alchemize the dark
      A      G# E
within me-ee

[Pre-Chorus]
A         G#           E
   Pipe down with the noise,
          C#m         A
 I cannot bear my sorrow
A      G#         E
    I hate who I was before
A     G#           E
   I fear I won't live to
         C#m       A
 see the day tomorrow
A               G#          E
Someone tell me if this is Hell


[Chorus]
  A   G#                  E
I     got to escape that void,
  C#m                A
 there is no other choice, yeah
G#                   E
Tryna turn down the voices,
              A
 the void ate me
G#                     E
Look at the mess I've done,
   C#m                A
 there is nowhere to run, yeah
G#                 E
Holding a loading gun, the void

[Post-Chorus]
A                G#
Like a priest behind confession
  E               C#m
 walls, I judge myself
A              G#       E
Kneeling on a metal grater
A              G#
Bloody like a body that
      E               C#m
 has died and it's myself
A             G#        E
Tangled in my own intestines


[Chorus]
  A   G#                  E
I     got to escape that void,
   C#m                A
there is no other choice, yeah
G#                   E
Tryna turn down the voices,
               A
 the void ate me
G#                     E
Look at the mess I've done,
  C#m                A
 there is nowhere to run, yeah
G#                 E
Holding a loading gun, the void
A G# E

How to play Void: key, chords and progression

These are Void chords by Melanie Martinez on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Void by Melanie Martinez, think in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). It takes 6 chords: A, G, D, G#, E and C#m.

Listen for A – G# – E – C#m (IV – III – I – vi in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – mi – doh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: on guitar, G# and C#m need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.