Jan162024

Michael Marcagi – Scared To Start Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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 [Verse 1]
                 C
She's wearing an old
                   G
dress, walking it out
            Dadd4/A
Waiting for someone
              G
to turn her around
                C
But she won't believe you
         G
When you fall down
           Dadd4/A
on your knees

[Verse 2]
           C
She fell asleep listening
      G
 to my friends
         Dadd4/A
Talking on and on
                G
about how the world ends
         C
Then she wakes up
    G
And climbs in my
       Dadd4/A
front seat
And she said

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  [Chorus]
C           G
 "Don't you wait
     D
 to try it
C         G
  Are you scared
    D
to find it?
C            G     D
  And do you wanna take
           Em   D
 my broken heart?
C         G
  Are you scared
     Dadd4/A
to start?"

[Verse 3]
                 C
Let's lay in the dead
                      G
 grass, stare at the stars
     Dadd4/A
Run away and live
        G
out of cars and bars
           C
Let's just leave here
               G
'Cause there's nothing
          Dadd4/A
 left to see

[Verse 4]
               C
And, if that's wrong,
                G
 let's make it right
            Dadd4/A
And, if you leave,
            G
just give me one
more night
               C
'Cause there's no one
            G
That you'll find that's
            Dadd4/A
 quite like me
And she said

[Chorus]
C           G       D
 "Don't you wait to try it
C         G         D
  Are you scared to find it?
C            G     D
  And do you wanna take
           Em   D
 my broken heart?
C         G         Dadd4/A
  Are you scared to start?"


[Verse 5]
                 C
You don't need a paycheck,
                  G
 don't need the rent
        Dadd4/A
You can take it all
             G
 'cause it's already spent
       C
We can burn out, just as
 G               Dadd4/A
 long as we burn bright
And she said

[Chorus]
C           G       D
 "Don't you wait to try it
C         G
  Are you scared
    D
 to find it?
C            G
  And do you wanna
 D              Em   D
 take my broken heart?
C        G    D
  And do ever heal from
            Em   D
 all these scars
C             G
  And did you wait to
 D              Em  D
 take it all so far
C         G
  Are you scared
    D/A
to start?"

How to play Scared To Start: key, chords and progression

These are Scared To Start chords by Michael Marcagi on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Scared To Start by Michael Marcagi sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: C, G, Dadd4/A, D, Em and D/A.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – C – G – D (V – IV – I – V in G major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.