Mia Dyson – Tell Me Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Mia Dyson – Tell Me Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsBC#mAEF#mG#m

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[Verse 1]
B
Fire on a mountainside
C#m         B              A
Gets brighter all the time
B
And it’s got you hooked
C#m         B         A
All through the night
B
So much to do
B                  A
You think you’ve little
might to do it
B
And the more you hold
          C#m         B
 on to the time
A
You lose it

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[Chorus]
A
Tell me the things
                 E
 you never speak of
A
Tell me the things
                 E
 you never speak of
A
I’ll hold your body and
                       E
 I’ll help you lift the weight off
A
So tell me the things
                 E
 you never speak of

[Verse 2]
B
Catch sight of a bird
C#m   B           A
Oohh oohh.   It’s gone
B
And you come upon a notion
C#m B     A
Oohh It’s gone
B
When you’re waiting
 for a friend
C#m      B             A
To come patch up your head
B
All you have is here now
C#m   B      A
Don’t be misled

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[Chorus]
A
Tell me the things
                 E
you never speak of
A
Tell me the things
                 E
you never speak of
A
I’ll hold your body and
                       E
 I’ll help you lift the
 weight off
A
So tell me the things
               E
 you never speak of

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Verse 3]
B                      A
I dreamed about you baby
A                           E
It was just the other night
E
You were diving in an ocean
B
Maybe we’d had a fight
A
And I watched you drift away
E
You were miles out to sea
F#m
Thought I’d lost you forever
G#m                     A
But it was only a dream

[Instrument]
E    A     E     C#m
   E    C#m      B

[Chorus]
A
Tell me the things
                 E
you never speak of
A
Tell me the things you
             E
never speak of
A
I’ll hold your body and
                       E
I’ll help you lift the weight off
A
So tell me the things
               E
you never speak of

How to play Tell Me: key, chords and progression

These are Tell Me chords by Mia Dyson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Tell Me by Mia Dyson sits in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: B, C#m, A, E, F#m and G#m.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Am, F, C, Dm, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯

Tell Me chords: questions

What key is Tell Me in?

Tell Me by Mia Dyson is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Tell Me?

Tell Me uses 6 chords: B, C#m, A, E, F#m, G#m.

What is the chord progression of Tell Me?

The main progression is B – C#m – B – A (V – vi – V – IV).

Is Tell Me easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Am, F, C, Dm, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo).

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