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Papas Fritas – Ill Be Gone Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
N.C.
6 short Beats (in triplets)
of Little Drum

[Verse 1]
G
  Don't lie when I ask how you're
           Bm
  feeling,   I can read your mind,
G
second thoughts have come across
   Em**          A**
so clear in your eyes.
G
  Outside, in the car, in the kitchen,
  Bm
    there's nothing left to say,
 G
eternity gets a little
Em**         A**
shorter everyday.
          G                    Bm
And for a while we couldn't pretend
         G          Em**
but no denial could start
             A**
things over again.

[Chorus]
    D               G
The road goes on forever,
    Bm                 A
the days fade into the night,
F#m                 Bm
we're not walking together and
G                 A
now I'm feeling alright.

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[Verse 2]
G
  Forget all the things that I
            Bm
  told you,   whispers in the dark,
     G
it's all in vain 'cause everything
   Em**           A**
we had just fell apart.

[Bridge]
G                      Bm
  Three weeks seems so long when
                     G
  there's nothing to do,
                  Bm
lookin' up at the sky and
             G
it's finally blue.
            Bm
High time I threw away that
Em              A
shoebox full of thoughts of you.
Bm           C           G
Try not to rewind to the first
               A              Bm
time like it's sometime yesterday,
         C
draw the blinds,
        G               A
let the sunshine find a way.

[Chorus]
    D               G
The road goes on forever,
    Bm                 A
the days fade into the night,
F#m                 Bm
we're not walking together and
G                 A
now I'm feeling alright.
D               G
So, the party's over,
     Bm               A
it's time to move it along,
    F#m                    Bm
so, don't look over you're shoulder
       G               A
'cause I'll already be gone.

[Interlude]
D          G          Bm         A
F#m        Bm         G          A

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[Verse 3]
          G                    Bm
And for a while we couldn't pretend
         G          Em**
but no denial could start
             A**
things over again.

[Chorus]
    D               G
The road goes on forever,
    Bm                 A
the days fade into the night,
F#m                 Bm
we're not walking together and
G                 A
now I'm feeling alright.
D               G
So, the party's over,
     Bm               A
it's time to move it along,
    F#m                    Bm
so, don't look over you're shoulder
       G               A
'cause I'll already be gone.

[Interlude]
D          G          Bm         A
Pamparam, ...
F#m        Bm         G          A
Pamparam, ..

[Outro]
            D    A** G**     D
And I'll be gone and I'll be gone
A**    G**     D    A**
   and I'll be gone
       G**     D*
   and I'll be gone.

How to play Ill Be Gone: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Ill Be Gone by Papas Fritas on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Ill Be Gone by Papas Fritas is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 7 chords: G, Bm, Em, A, D, F#m and C.

Listen for A – D – G – Bm (V – I – IV – vi in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm and F#m 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.