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Oliver Tree – Swing And A Miss Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
D    Am  Em    G

[Verse 1]
D             Am           Em
Everybody's thinkin' 'bout all the
                G
things they're missin' out
D         Am           Em     G
 Wastin' time lookin' back
D                 Am
Actin' like they live it up,
  Em              G
when it's really just a front
D     Am        Em     G
 How funny is that?

[Pre-Chorus]
       D       Am
If you ain't awake
      Em                 G
I'll call you when it's goin' down
  D         Am
Stayin' up late
 Em             N.C.
Waitin' by the telephone

[Chorus]
D           Am           C
 If this is it, it's a swing and
       G
 a miss (Yeah, yeah)
D           Am           C
 If this is it, it's a swing and
       G
 a miss (Yeah, yeah)
D           Am           C
 If this is it, it's a swing
           G
 and a miss (Yeah, yeah)
D        Am             C           G
 Nobody said you could fit it all in
 (Yeah, yeah)

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[Verse 2]
D                 Am
 You'll lose the moment
       Em         G
 like you're not here
 D              Am
Baby, you can blink,
           Em          G
you won't miss it, my dear
    D         Am
You act like missin'
        Em        G
out is your only fear
     D            Am
You didn't miss shit,
        Em         G
let me make that clear

[Pre-Chorus]
       D       Am
If you ain't awake
      Em                 G
I'll call you when it's goin' down
  D         Am
Stayin' up late
 Em             N.C.
Waitin' by the telephone

[Chorus]
D           Am           C
 If this is it, it's a swing
           G
 and a miss (Yeah, yeah)
D           Am           C
 If this is it, it's a swing
           G
 and a miss (Yeah, yeah)
D           Am           C
 If this is it, it's a swing and
       G
 a miss (Yeah, yeah)
D        Am             C
 Nobody said you could fit
          G
 it all in (Yeah, yeah)

[Post-Chorus]
D    Am           C
       Yeah, yeah, yeah,
     G            D     Am
yeah, yeah, yeah
     C        G
Yeah, yeah, yeah

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[Bridge]
Em
A-Okay, baby, get it straight
C                           G
 It's not as good as they claim
 Em
Make no mistake,
it's really not so great
C                           G
 It's not as good as they claim

[Pre-Chorus]
       D       Am
If you ain't awake
      Em                 G
I'll call you when it's goin' down
  D         Am
Stayin' up late
 Em             N.C.
Waitin' by the telephone

[Chorus]
D           Am           C
 If this is it, it's a swing
           G
 and a miss (Yeah, yeah)
D           Am           C
 If this is it, it's a swing
           G
 and a miss (Yeah, yeah)
D           Am           C
 If this is it, it's a swing
           G
 and a miss (Yeah, yeah)
D        Am             C
 Nobody said you could fit
          G
 it all in (Yeah, yeah)

[Outro]
D    Am           C
       Yeah, yeah, yeah,
     G            D     Am
yeah, yeah, yeah
     C        G
Yeah, yeah, yeah

How to play Swing And A Miss: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Swing And A Miss by Oliver Tree on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Swing And A Miss by Oliver Tree sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 5 chords to play it: D, Am, Em, G and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – Am – C – G (V – ii – IV – I in G major). In solfa, that is soh – reh – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.