This is the chord progression of Purpleworld by Olivia O’Brien on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, Violin and Keyboard.
[Verse 1]
C#m D
You said I wasn’t just another girl to you, a girl to use
C#m D
I said you don’t care, you said, “I swear I do, I swear it’s true”
C#m
So how can you just turn around and block me out?
D
Your actions don’t reflect the words that left your mouth
C#m
I was right to be skeptical
Knew it was wrong from the jump and I let you know
D
But somehow I still couldn’t let you go
Guess it’s not in my blood to be sensible
C#m
Maybe it was inevitable
Wish I didn’t have such a sensitive soul
D
Wish it was somethin’ that I could control
Said I should just pack up and head on the road
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bm7 C#m D E
But you reassured me that it wasn’t like that
Bm7 C#m D E
Said I meant somethin’ to you and I liked that
[Chorus 1]
C#m D
C#m D
‘Cause if I knew my worth, I would never speak to you again
C#m D
If I knew my worth, I wouldn’t even want to be friends, oh, no, no, no
C#m D
‘Cause if I stopped hittin’ you up, then we’d just never talk at all, talk at all
C#m D
But I’d still drop everything to answer my phone if you called me
Bm7
But I know you won’t
C#m D E
I thought you cared, you don’t
Bm7 C#m D E
I’ve never known how it feels to be liked back, oh no
[Verse 2]
C#m D
Maybe that’s why I keep on runnin’ right back
C#m
So here I go again, makin’ up some dumb excuses
D
Don’t know why I keep forgivin’ you, I must be fuckin’ stupid
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bm7 C#m
Promise one day you gon’ realize how much you’re fuckin’ losin’
D E
And I won’t care
Bm7 C#m
I’ve been talkin’ to your brother, he said that you found another girl
D E
Hope she’s everything I wasn’t, I’m just from another world
[Chorus 2]
C#m
So I’ma stay there
D C#m
‘Cause it’s safe there
D
In my purple world
[Outro]
C#m
I live in a purple world
D
Lavender highs and violet lows
C#m
I started seeing purple all around me, everywhere I go
D
It once was just a pretty color, and then it reminded me of you
Now it reminds me of something much bigger
C#m
Of the things that I can do
D
A fresh start, a new meaning
A strong vibration, a light beaming
C#m
In everything that I keep seeing