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Niila – Lean On Me Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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F#  C#  D#m  B

[Verse]
F#
Don't give up
C#                D#m
Don't give up yeah
   B
My friend
F#
Oh I wish I
C#               D#m
Had the words to say
B
Mh

[Pre-Chorus]
F#                  C#
Got no rain, got no flower
D#m                   B
Times get sweet after sour
              F#
We'll take it day by day,
        C#
hour by hour
  B
I won't let you fall

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[Chorus]
        F#      C#
You can lean on me
D#m              B
When the road is broken
F#
Heya heya
C#                   D#m
Heya we can turn it 'round
                 B
When it's upside down
F#      C#
Lean on me
D#m             B
When the sun is frozen
F#
Heya heya
C#                   D#m
Heya we can turn it 'round
             B
It will be alright

[Verse]
F#
Hold your head up
C#               D#m
Your head up high
   B
My friend
  F#
I help you get up
     C#
When there's no more
            D#m
tears to cry
B
Mh

[Pre-Chorus]
F#                  C#
Got no rain, got no flower
D#m                   B
Times get sweet after sour
              F#
We'll take it day by day,
        C#
hour by hour
  B
I won't let you fall

[Chorus]
        F#      C#
You can lean on me
D#m              B
When the road is broken
F#
Heya heya
C#                   D#m
Heya we can turn it 'round
                 B
When it's upside down
F#      C#
Lean on me
D#m             B
When the sun is frozen
F#
Heya heya
C#                   D#m
Heya we can turn it 'round
             B
It will be alright

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[Bridge]
B
Lean on me
F#
Don't give up
C#                D#m  B
Don't give up yeah
F#
Hold your head up
C#                     D#m  B
Your head up, my friend

[Chorus]
        F#      C#
You can lean on me
D#m              B
When the road is broken
F#
Heya heya
C#                   D#m
Heya we can turn it 'round
                 B
When it's upside down
F#      C#
Lean on me
D#m             B
When the sun is frozen
F#
Heya heya
C#                   D#m
Heya we can turn it 'round
             B
It will be alright

[Outro]
            F#        C#
Lean on me (heya heya heya)
            D#m       B
Lean on me (heya heya heya)
F#
Heya heya
C#                   D#m
Heya we can turn it 'round
             B
It will be alright
          F#  C#  D#m  B
Lean on me

How to play Lean On Me: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Lean On Me by Niila on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Lean On Me by Niila is in the key of F♯ major (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯). The song uses 4 chords: F#, C#, D#m and B.

Most of the song cycles through F# – C# – D#m – B (I – V – vi – IV in F♯ major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes D, A, Bm, G (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.