New Hope Club – Permission Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

New Hope Club – Permission Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsF#G#mEBG#

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This is the chord progression of Permission by New Hope Club on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
F#
Sometimes we get confused
G#m
We never quite know what we want
E                  B
until the day we do
F#
‘Cause we don’t get to choose
G#m
You can’t just run away from love,
E
when love comes chasing you

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[Pre chorus]
B                              F#
They say don’t fall too hard
G#m                E
Or you’ll just lose it all
B                              F#
They made these rules
G#m
They break them too
E
The same as us

[Chorus]
F#
So we don’t need permission for nothing
G#m
Touch like you wanna be touched, yeah
E
Kiss like you wanna be kissed, yeah
B                                                          F#
Oh, we don’t need permission for nothing
G#m
Drink like you wanna be drunk, yeah
E
Feel like you wanna feel something
B
Oh, so we don’t need permission

[Verse 2]
F#
Sometimes we get confused
G#m
We never quite know what we want
E                              B
until the day we do
F#
‘Cause we don’t get to choose
G#m
You can’t just run away from love,
E
when love comes chasing you

[Pre chorus]
B                              F#
They say don’t fall too hard
G#m                E
Or you’ll just lose it all
B                              F#
They made these rules
G#m
They break them too
E
The same as us

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[Chorus]
F#
So we don’t need permission for nothing
G#m
Touch like you wanna be touched, yeah
E
Kiss like you wanna be kissed, yeah
B                                                           F#
Oh, we don’t need permission for nothing
G#m
Drink like you wanna be drunk, yeah
E
Feel like you wanna feel something
B
Oh, so we don’t need permission

[Post chorus]
F#                G#m
To love, to love
E
To love, to love, to love, to love
B
To love, to love, to love, to love

[Bridge]
F#
We can stay up all night if we want to
G#m
Dance in the dark if we want to
E
Take off our clothes if we want to
B
We don’t need, no-no
F#
We can lose our minds if we want to
G#m
Turn up the noise if we want to
E
Wake up the neighbours, drive them crazy

[Chorus]
B                                            F#
So we don’t need permission for nothing
G#m
Touch like you wanna be touched, yeah
E
Kiss like you wanna be kissed, yeah
B                                            F#
Oh, we don’t need permission for nothing
G#m
Drink like you wanna be drunk, yeah
E
Feel like you wanna feel something
B
Oh, so we don’t need permission (To love)
F#
For nothing
G#m
Touch like you wanna be touched, yeah (To love)
E
Kiss like you wanna be kissed, yeah (To love, to love, to love, to love)
B                                                          F#
Oh, we don’t need permission for nothing (To love)
G#m
Drink like you wanna be drunk, yeah (To love)
E
Feel like you wanna feel something (To love, to love, to love, to love)
B
Oh (To love, to love, to love, to love)
F#                G#
To love, to love,
E                F#                B
We don’t need permission to love

How to play Permission: key, chords and progression

To play Permission by New Hope Club, think in B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). It takes 5 chords: F#, G#m, E, B and G#.

The backbone of the song is F# – G#m – E – B (V – vi – IV – I in B major), a rotation of the “four-chord” pop progression (I–V–vi–IV). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – doh. 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 D, Em, C, G, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
G# chord on guitar (466544)
G♯G♯ B♯ D♯

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Permission chords: questions

What key is Permission in?

Permission by New Hope Club is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in Permission?

Permission uses 5 chords: F#, G#m, E, B, G#.

What is the chord progression of Permission?

The main progression is F# – G#m – E – B (V – vi – IV – I), a rotation of the “four-chord” pop progression (I–V–vi–IV).

Is Permission easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes D, Em, C, G, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo).

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