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Michael Patrick Kelly – Oko Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsBb Dm F C

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[Intro]
Bb Dm F

[Verse 1]
Bb    Dm
Oh my God
         F       Bb
There is nothing like the way
                      Dm F
 the way you lift me up
Bb    Dm
I was lost
      F        Bb
Going down the spiral, round and
                 Dm
 round in my own thoughts
      F
Cause I get

[Pre-Chorus]
Bb
 I get caught,
caught in the riddle
Dm
 Oh I know,
I know so little
Bb
 I get caught,
caught in the riddle
Dm                    C
 But then you hit me okay

[Chorus]
                   Bb
You’re knocking me out, knock
                   F
 me out, knock me out
    C
And I don’t ever want
         Dm
this to end
                   Bb
You’re knocking me out,
                        F
 knock me out, knock me out
    C                       Dm
And make me want to get up again
           Bb
Cause it’s O
              Dm
kay okay okay O
              Bb
kay okay okay O
              Dm
kay okay okay
                      C
Oh keep on loving me, kay o

[Verse 2]
Bb      Dm
How can I
F         Bb
Bare this world when I
                         Dm
can barely understand myself?
      F
Cause I get

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[Pre-Chorus]
Bb
 I get caught,
caught in the riddle
Dm
 I still know,
 still know so little
Bb
 I get caught,
 caught in the riddle
Dm                    C
 But then you hit me okay

[Chorus]
                   Bb
You’re knocking me out,
                         F
knock me out, knock me out
    C                         Dm
And I don’t ever want this to end
                   Bb
You’re knocking me out,
                        F
 knock me out, knock me out
    C                       Dm
And make me want to get up again
           Bb
Cause it’s O
              Dm
kay okay okay O
              Bb
kay okay okay O
              Dm
kay okay okay
                      C
Oh keep on loving me, kay o

[Instrumental]
Bb Dm
Bb Dm
Bb Dm C

[Chorus]
                   Bb
You’re knocking me out,
                        F
 knock me out, knock me out
    C                         Dm
And I don’t ever want this to end
                   Bb
You’re knocking me out,
                        F
knock me out, knock me out
    C                       Dm
And make me want to get up again
           Bb
Cause it’s O
              Dm
kay okay okay O
              Bb
kay okay okay O
              Dm
kay okay okay O
              Bb
kay okay okay O
              Dm
kay okay okay O
              Bb
kay okay okay O
              Dm
kay okay okay
                      C
Oh keep on loving me, help

How to play Oko: key, chords and progression

These are Oko chords by Michael Patrick Kelly on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Oko by Michael Patrick Kelly is built around D minor (one flat: B♭), with 4 chords in all: Bb, Dm, F and C.

Most of the song cycles through Bb – Dm – F – Bb (VI – i – III – VI in D minor). Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes G, Bm, D, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.