Feb222020

Orla Gartland – Oh God Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsD E F#m A E7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 C#m Fm Bm D7 G

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This is the chords of Oh God by Orla Gartland on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Pre-Chorus]
D E
I look at you and I know how I felt
F#m A
All those summers ago, then I swore not to tell
D E7
I’m swallowed up whole by this Catholic guilt
A
Oh, God
A
Oh, God

[Verse 1]
A D
If I always do what I’m told
F#m D
I’ll be bitter at 50 years old
E A
I wasted my youth
D
Wasted my time
Gmaj7 D
Wasted my worry on the little things
A
If you always just laugh it off
F#m D
I won’t be opening up
A
We kissed on the bed
Dmaj7
It messed with my head
Gmaj7
Does that mean nothing to you?

[Pre-Chorus]
D E
I look at you and I know how I felt
F#m A
All those summers ago, then I swore not to tell
D E7
I’m swallowed up whole by this Catholic guilt
A
Oh God

[Chorus]
C#m
I don’t want to think about it
A
I don’t want to think about it
C#m
I don’t want to think about it
A
I don’t want to think about it
C#m
I don’t want to think about it
A
I don’t want to think about it
C#m
I don’t want to think about it
A
I don’t want to think about it

[Verse 2]
A
I’m just trying to shake off the shame
Fm D
When I’m wearing nothing but blame
A Bm C#m D7 G
Not easy, ’cause when I close my eyes
D
I just think of touching you
A
This can’t be easy on his side
Gmaj7 D
Laying there motionless each night
A
A head full of heat, skin, sweat, sin
Gmaj7 D
Tangled up feet and now clutching at sheets thinking

[Pre-Chorus]
D E
I look at her and I know how I felt
F#m A
All those summers ago then I swore not to tell
D E7
I’m swallowed up by this Catholic guilt
A
Oh, God

[Outro]
A C#m
No, no (I don’t want to think about it)
A C#m
Can’t control it (I don’t want to think about it)
Oh, God (I don’t want to think about it)
A C#m
No, no (I don’t want to think about it)
A C#m
Can’t control it (I don’t want to think about it)

How to play Oh God: key, chords and progression

Oh God by Orla Gartland is centred on A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 12 chords: D, E, F#m, A, E7, Gmaj7, Dmaj7, C#m, Fm, Bm, D7 and G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – E – F#m – A (IV – V – vi – I in A major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – lah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F#m, C#m, Fm and Bm are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.