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Paramore – Thick Skull Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Thick Skull chords by Paramore on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
D       G
 I am a magnet for
 F#m    F#
broken pieces
D       G
 I am attracted to
 F#m    F#
 broken people
D          G
I pick 'em up and now my
 F#m         F#
fingers are bleeding
       D
And it looks like
    G     F#m F#
my fault
       G
And it looks like
 I'm caught red-handed

[Chorus]
    D        G    F#m
Hit over the head
  F#
(Epiphany)
D       G    F#m
Over my head
   F#
(Repeatedly)
      D           G   F#m
Thick skull never did
 F#
(Nothing for me)
     D       G    F#m
Same lesson again
          F#
(Come on, give it to me)
G
(Give it to me, give it
 to me, give it to me)

[Instrumental]
D G F#m F#
D G F#m F#

[Verse 2]
D       G
 Only I know where all
     F#m        F#
 the bodies are buriеd
D           G
 Thought by now I'd find
            F#m         F#
 'em just a little less scary
D          G
 Might gеt easier,
          F#m       F#
but you don't get used to it
       D    G     F#m F#
Keep on autopilot

[Pre-Chorus]
     G
Hey, hey
What's the body count
 up to now, captain?

[Chorus]
    D        G    F#m
Hit over the head
  F#
(Epiphany)
D       G    F#m
Over my head
   F#
(Repeatedly)
      D           G   F#m
Thick skull never did

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 F#
(Nothing for me)
     D       G    F#m
Same lesson again
          F#
(Come on, give it to me)
G
(Give it to me, give it
to me, give it to me)

[Instrumental]
D G F#m F#
D G F#m F#

[Bridge]
D
Come on out with your
 G        F#m F#
 hands up
D
Come on out with your
 G        F#m F#
 hands up
    D
I'm coming out with
    G        F#m F#
 my hands up
D
Come on out with your
 G        F#m F#
hands up

[Chorus]
    D        G    F#m
Hit over the head
  F#
(Epiphany)
D       G    F#m
Over my head
   F#
(Repeatedly)
      D           G   F#m
Thick skull never did
 F#
(Nothing for me)
     D       G    F#m
Same lesson again
          F#
(Come on, give it to me)

[Outro]
G
(Give it to me, give it to me,
 give it to me, give it to me)

I pick 'em up and now my
fingers are bleeding

And it looks like
 I'm caught red-handed

How to play Thick Skull: key, chords and progression

Thick Skull by Paramore is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: D, G, F#m and F#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – G – F#m – F# (I – IV – iii – III in D major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – mi – mi. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, F, Em, E (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.