Mika – Tiny Love Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

Mika – Tiny Love Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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This is the chords of Tiny Love by Mika on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
C                              Dm                  Am
It’s not a sunrise over canyons shaped like hearts
F                C                Gsus4                G
It isn’t bursting into song in Central Park
C                                    Am7/B                Am
It’s not the outline of your face drawn in the stars
F                              G                                            C
It’s a “still-there-Monday-morning” kind of love

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C                              Dm                Am7
There’s no dramatic declarations in the rain
F                C                              Gsus4                      G
It’s not a love that finds its pleasure after pain
C                               Am7/B                              Am
I couldn’t train a bunch of doves to spell your name
F                                             G                              C
It’s a “don’t-know-what-the-messin'” kind of love

[Pre-Chorus]
C                                            Gm
Our kind of love, it gets better every day
Gm/A                Bb                              F
Crazy colors in the grey, our love
C                Gsus4                G
Tiny love, it’s a tiny love
C
My life was dull
Gm
I used to walk in a different way
Bb
But now I’m dancin’, dancin’, dancin’, dancin’.  Don’t care who can see me dancin’

[Chorus]
G F C
Oh, tiny love
G F C
Oh, tiny love
G F C
Oh, tiny love
C Am7/B Am E7
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
E7 Am C/B C F# G
AAaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Verse 3]
C Am7/B
This tiny love has spoken
Am E7
And bigger hearts get broken
F Am Dm G
(Ohhhhhhhhh) Tiny love
C Am7/B
So small that you can’t find us
Am E7
The world revolves around us
F Am Dm G
(Ohhhhhhhhhh) Tiny love

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[Pre-Chorus]
C Am7/B Am A
This kind of love, it can’t be no other way
Dm Dm/C Dm/B G
One kind of love blows the other ones away
C C/B Am A
Some times it’s tough, others think we’re acting strange
Dm Dm/C Dm/B G
But it’s our kind of love, our kind of love

[Chorus]
G F C
Oh, tiny love
G F C
Oh, tiny love

[Bridge]

G Gsus4 G
My name is Michael Holbrook
F C
I was born in 1983
G Gsus4 G
No, I’m not losing my mind
F C
It’s just this thing that you do to me
Am7 G C
You get me hiiiigggggh on a tiny love
Am7 G
You get me hiiiiiiiigh
G Gsus4 G
And if it all goes bad
F C
And our love sits like the sun
G Gsus4 G F
I’d give up a hundred thousand loves
C
For just this one

[Chorus]
Am7 G C
You get me hiiiigggggh on a tiny love
Am7 G C
You get me hiiiigggggh on a tiny love

[Verse 5]
C Dm Am
It’s not a sunrise over canyons shaped like hearts
F C Gsus4 G
It isn’t bursting into song in Central Park
C Am7/B Am
We may be tiny to the world, but in our hearts
F G C
We’d be giants with our tiny, tiny love

How to play Tiny Love: key, chords and progression

Tiny Love by Mika is written in C major (no sharps or flats) and moves through 17 chords: C, Dm, Am, F, Gsus4, G, Am7/B, Am7, Gm, Gm/A, Bb and E7 and 5 more.

Most of the song cycles through G – C – Am7/B – Am (V – I – vi7 – vi in C major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – lah – lah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Am, Em, C, Dsus4, D, Em7, Dm, F, B7 (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Gsus4 chord on guitar (330013)
Gsus4G C D
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am7 chord on guitar (x02010)
Am7A C E G
Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
E7 chord on guitar (020100)
E7E G♯ B D
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E

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Tiny Love chords: questions

What key is Tiny Love in?

Tiny Love by Mika is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Tiny Love?

Tiny Love uses 17 chords: C, Dm, Am, F, Gsus4, G, Am7/B, Am7, Gm, Gm/A, Bb, E7 and 5 more.

What is the chord progression of Tiny Love?

The main progression is G – C – Am7/B – Am (V – I – vi7 – vi).

Is Tiny Love easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Am, Em, C, Dsus4, D, Em7, Dm, F, B7 (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo).

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