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Olivia Rodrigo – Teenage Dream Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG6 Am7 F C Em E Dm Fm Fm6Fm/CF/CC/BAm Ab

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Key: C Major

[Intro]
G6  Am7  F
G6  Am7  F

[Verse 1]
        C
When am I gonna stop being
 Am7
 wise beyond my years
    F
And just start being wise?
        C
When am I gonna stop being
   Am7                   F
 a pretty young thing to guys?
        C
When am I gonna stop
       Am7
 being great for my age
    F
And just start being good?
          C
When will it stop being cool
       Am7          F
 to be quietly misunderstood?

[Chorus]
     Em           E
I'll blow out the candles,
       F           C
 happy birthday to me
         Em          E
Got your whole life ahead
                F        C
 of you, you're only nineteen
      Dm
But I fear they already
                        Fm
got all the best parts of me
        Dm
And I'm sorry that I couldn't
                   Fm6     Fm
 always be your teenage dream

[Verse 1]
          C
When does wide-eyed affection
     Am7
and all good intentions
  F
Start to not be enough?
          C
When will everyone have
       Am7
every reason to call
       F
all my bluffs?
         C
When are all my excuses
    Am7
 of learning my lessons
    F
Gonna start to feel sad?
       C
Will I spend all the rest
       Am7
of my years wishin'
          F
 I could go back?

[Chorus]
     Em           E
I'll blow out the candles,
       F           C
happy birthday to me
         Em          E
Got your whole life ahead
                F        C
of you, you're only nineteen
      Dm
But I fear they already
                        Fm
got all the best parts of me
        Dm
And I'm sorry that I couldn't
                   Fm6     Fm/C
 always be your teenage dream

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[Bridge]
C                 Em
They all say that it gets better,
   F/C                Fm
 it gets better the more you grow
      C                 Em
Yeah, they all say that it gets
         F/C
 better, it gets better,
      Fm
 but what if I don't?
C                 Em
They all say that it
 gets better,
  F/C                Fm
 it gets better the more you grow
      C                 Em
Yeah, they all say that it gets
         F/C
 better, it gets better,
       Fm
but what if I don't?

C                 Em
They all say that it gets better,
 F/C                Fm
 it gets better the more you grow
      C                 Em
Yeah, they all say that it gets
          F/C
 better, it gets better,
      Fm
but what if I don't?
C                 Em
They all say that it gets better,
  F/C                Fm
it gets better the more you grow
      C                 Em
Yeah, they all say that it gets
         F/C
 better, it gets better,
     Fm
 but what if I don't?

[Outro]
C  C/B  Am  Ab
C  C/B  Am  Ab

How to play Teenage Dream: key, chords and progression

These are Teenage Dream chords by Olivia Rodrigo on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Teenage Dream by Olivia Rodrigo is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 14 chords: G6, Am7, F, C, Em, E, Dm, Fm, Fm6, Fm/C, F/C and C/B and 2 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – Em – F/C – Fm (I – iii – IV – iv in C major). In solfa, that is doh – mi – fah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: on guitar, G6, F, Fm, Fm6 and Fm/C need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.