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Paris Paloma – Escape Pod Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
          F#m
There was confusion
               C#m
and there were flames
       E
I had always felt
 the fire
     B
call my name
            F#m
But this was different,
 I
             C#m
 could taste the
fear
        E
And the sweet
 release
 as the
end of all drew
B
near
F#m      C#m
I will never
understand
 A       B
why, why



[Chorus]
     E
They shot me off
   C#m
 a dying
        A
planet in a
          B
tin-sized escape pod
    E
There was room only
     C#m
 for a bed
 and porthole that
I watched my home
explode fro A  Bm
   C#m
The com-link's open,
 G#m
but there's no one
A               B
tuned in on the other
 side
C#m           G#m
Why did I deserve to
 live? Did I
 A               B
just deserve to watch
 them die?
            C#m E A
Oh, why did I?
            C#m E A
Oh, why did I?

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[Verse 2]
         F#m
In those first
hours,
          C#m
no one heard me
       E
Scream at the
hateful,
      B
cold eternity
And I have
   F#m
been floating
            C#m
ever since then
      E
With nobody,
but the
darkness as my
B
friend



[Pre-Chorus]
               F#m
And if they had asked
  C#m
me, I wouldn't have
A
agreed
                B
That it was the right
 thing when…

[Chorus]
     E
They shot me off a
C#m
dying planet
 A             B
in a tin-sized escape
pod
    E
There was room only
 for
C#m
a bed and porthole
that
 A
I watched my home
B
 explode from
   C#m
The com-link's open,
  G#m
 but there's no one
A               B
tuned in on the other
side
C#m           G#m
Why did I deserve to
 live? Did I
 A               B
just deserve to watch
 them die?
            C#m  E  A
Oh why did I?
They shoved me off a
dying planet
In a tin-sized escape
 pod

Watch: Paris Paloma - escape pod [Official Lyric Video]

From Paris Paloma on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Escape Pod: key, chords and progression

Escape Pod by Paris Paloma sits in C♯ minor (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: F#m, C#m, E, B, A and G#m.

Listen for F#m – C#m – E – B (iv – i – III – VII in C♯ minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes Dm, Am, C, G, F, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F#m chord on guitar (244222) — F♯mF♯ A C♯

C#m chord on guitar (x46654) — C♯mC♯ E G♯

G#m chord on guitar (466444) — G♯mG♯ B D♯

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Escape Pod chords: questions

What key is Escape Pod in?

Escape Pod by Paris Paloma is in the key of C♯ minor (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Escape Pod?

Escape Pod uses 6 chords: F#m, C#m, E, B, A, G#m.

What is the chord progression of Escape Pod?

The main progression is F#m – C#m – E – B (iv – i – III – VII).

Is Escape Pod easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes Dm, Am, C, G, F, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo).

Watch: Paris Paloma - escape pod [Official Lyric Video]

How to play Escape Pod: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Escape Pod chords: questions

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