May192018

Passenger – Hell Or High Water Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

ChordsEm G D C

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This is the chord progression of Hell Or High Water by The Passenger on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Chorus]
Em
Was it the trick of the light?
G
Or a shot in the dark?
D C
Was it hell or high water that broke our hearts?
Em
Was it something I said?
G
Or just a cruel twist of fate?
D C
Was it hell or high water and is it too late?
C
Oh, is it too late?

[Instrumental]
Em G D C

[Verse 1]
Em
Man, all my life I’ve been
G D C
Searching for someone, to show me how it feels to be loved
C
And how to love somebody back

[Pre-Chorus]
Em G
And after stumbling through the years
D C
I thought I found you, just to see you fading out into the night

[Verse 2]
Em
See, all my life I’ve been
G
Silently reaching for
D C
A hand to hold to warm the colder sparkle lights
C
To guide me through, alright?

[Pre-Chorus]
Em G
And after stumbling through the years
D C
I thought I found you, just to see you fading out into the night

[Interlude]
Em G
Hey, hey
D C
Hey, hey
Em G
Hey, hey
D C
Hey, hey

[Bridge]
Em
Was it a knife in my back?
G
Or a fork in the road?
D C
Was it hell or high water that left us alone?
Em
Is it really game over?
G
Is it really checkmate?
D C
Was it hell or high water and is it too late?
C
Oh, is it too late?
Em G D C
Em G D C

[Outro]
Em
Was it the trick of the light?
G
Or a shot in the dark?
D C
Was it hell or high water that broke our hearts?

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How to play Hell Or High Water: key, chords and progression

Hell Or High Water by Passenger sits in E minor (one sharp: F♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: Em, G, D and C.

Listen for Em – G – D – C (i – III – VII – VI in E minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.