Sep242018

Orla Gartland – Why Am I Like This Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

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This is the chord progression of Why Am I Like by Orla Gartland on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
Dadd4
Last night I smoked a cigarette
Gmaj7 Em
My dad would have been so upset
Dadd4
Then we got tattoos by the coast
Gmaj7 Em
And I stood there just like a ghost

[Pre-Chorus]
Dadd4
Maybe I’m an old soul trapped in a young body
Gmaj7 Em
Maybe you don’t really want me there at your birthday party
Dadd4
I’ll be there in the corner, thinking right over
Gmaj7 Em
Every single word of the conversation we just had

[Verse 2]
Dadd4
I saw a girl crying on the train
Gmaij7 Em
Gin and tonic from a can to ease the pain
Dadd4
I never asked if she was OK
Gmaj7 Em
She just got up and walked away

[Bridge]
Bm A Em
It’s like I’m looking down from the ceiling above
G5
Never in the moment, never giving enough
Bm A Em
Let’s go out and shout the words we never said
G5
I got my mistakes on loop inside my head, inside my head

[Chorus]
Dadd4
So why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I…
Gmaj7 Em
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I…
Dadd4
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I…
Gmaj7 Em
why am I like this?
Dadd4
So why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I…
Gmaj7 Em
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I…
Dadd4
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I…
Gmaj7 Em
why am I like this?

[Outro]
Dadd4
Maybe I’m an old soul trapped in a young body
Gmaj7 Em
Maybe you don’t really want me there at your birthday party
Dadd4
I’ll be there in the corner, thinking right over
Gmaj7 Em
Every single word of the conversation we just had

How to play Why Am I Like This: key, chords and progression

Why Am I Like This by Orla Gartland is built around D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), with 7 chords in all: Dadd4, Gmaj7, Em, Gmaij7, Bm, A and G5.

Listen for Dadd4 – Gmaj7 – Em – Dadd4 (I – IVmaj7 – ii – I in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – reh – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Dadd4, Gmaij7 and Bm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.