Mar102023

NF – Motto Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
Cm

[Verse 1]
I could write a record
               G7
full of radio songs
Do a bunch of features that
                  Cm
 my label would love
Do a bunch of features that
               Fm
 I don't even like
                      G7
Just to build up the hype,
     Cm
yeah
I could sell my house and
             G7
move out to LA
Get inside of rooms with the
             Cm
 biggest of names
Hire fifty people just to
           Fm
 give me advice on the
               G7
way I should write
      Cm
Oh, God
Yeah, sounds like a nightmare,
                G7
if you ask me
Yeah, went from my bedroom
                    Cm
 to the big leagues

You know how many times that
                    Fm
 I was told things?

Wouldn't work, but worked out,
G7                Cm
 having cold feet

Didn't keep mе from success,
                    G7
 but delayed it somе
I used to be the guy who'd
                        Cm
kill to get a number one

I had to hear, "that song's a
 hit" before I thought it was
     Fm
But nowadays I don't really
   G7
 give a— (What)

[Chorus]
       Cm
Oh, God (Yeah)
                                 G7
Might catch me at the awards show
                              Cm
Eatin' popcorn in the back row
                            Fm
Catchin' Zs with my hat low
                          G7
No nominations, but it's cool
              Cm
 though, oh, God
You might see me in
                 G7
 the same clothes
I had on last week,
                 Cm
 am I ashamed? No

Yeah, you heard the sayin',
                   Fm
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it,
               G7  Cm
" that's my motto

[Verse 2]
Yeah, I miss buyin'
                 G7
 CDs at the store

And thumbin' through the cases
                         Cm
 tryin' to make a choice (Yeah)
That don't make no sense
                      Fm
to you? Well of course
                     G7
See, one man's inconvenience
                 Cm
is another's joy
Wow, wow, how are
                G7
you unemployed?

Tellin' me to get a life,
                         Cm
you should look at yours

How to play Motto: key, chords and progression

These are Motto chords by NF on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Motto by NF, think in C minor (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). It takes 3 chords: Cm, G7 and Fm.

Listen for Cm – G7 – Cm – Fm (i – V7 – i – iv in C minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Am, E7, Dm (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.