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Pierce the Veil – Death Of An Executioner Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C#m G#/C A
 F#m G# G#/C

[Verse]
C#m
Headlights on your
 back tonight
C#m
Kill the weight now
 we’re fast and light
A
Please don’t cool
my war machine
   F#m
Performance high
and deafening
C#m
Blood dries on the
 sparkling lead paint
C#m
Kill the competition
  A
I bleed your fuel
I’m siphoning
    F#m
The soul left out I

                    A
Hold my breathe and drive
               F#m
Staring at the sky
             A
Luminous and bright
               F#m
Running out of time

[Chorus]
              C#m
Blood red moonlight
                    G#/C
Gaining till you’re over me
             A
Beautiful as everything
 is crumbling
    F#m
The flames dance
          G#   G#/C
off your eyes

[Verse 2]
C#m
Cigarettes on a
dark bent highway
C#m
Follow you from
 a distance like
A
Demons in a death machine
  F#m
I feel your stomach
 tightening
C#m
Power lines from
above see nothing

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C#m
So, tell the world what
 I want I’m gonna get
A
I pray for bones to break
     F#m
and mirrors to shatter
                    A
Hold my breathe and drive
               F#m
Staring at the sky
             A
Luminous and bright
               F#m
Running out of time

[Chorus 2]
              C#m
Blood red moonlight
                    G#/C
Gaining till you’re over me
             A
Beautiful as everything
 is crumbling
    F#m
The flames dance
          G#   G#/C
off your eyes
C#m
C#m G#/C
C#m G#/C

[Bridge]
              C#m
Blood red moonlight
                    G#/C
Gaining till you’re over me
             A
Beautiful as everything
 is crumbling
    F#m
The flames dance
          G#   G#/C
 off your eyes

[Interlude]

C#m G#/C A F#m G# G#/C

[Chorus 3]
              C#m
Blood red moonlight
                    G#/C
Gaining till you’re over me
             A
Beautiful as everything
 is crumbling
    F#m
The flames dance
          G#   G#/C
off your eyes

[Outro]
C#m G#/C
              A F#m G# G#/C
Blood red moonlight

How to play Death Of An Executioner: key, chords and progression

These are Death Of An Executioner chords by Pierce the Veil on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Death Of An Executioner by Pierce the Veil sits in C♯ minor (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), and you need 5 chords to play it: C#m, G#/C, A, F#m and G#.

The backbone of the song is C#m – G#/C – A – F#m (i – V – VI – iv in C♯ minor). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes Am, E, F, Dm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 25% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

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

G# chord on guitar (466544) — G♯G♯ B♯ D♯

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

Death Of An Executioner chords: questions

What key is Death Of An Executioner in?

Death Of An Executioner by Pierce the Veil is in the key of C♯ minor (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Death Of An Executioner?

Death Of An Executioner uses 5 chords: C#m, G#/C, A, F#m, G#.

What is the chord progression of Death Of An Executioner?

The main progression is C#m – G#/C – A – F#m (i – V – VI – iv).

Is Death Of An Executioner easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes Am, E, F, Dm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 25% without a capo).

How to play Death Of An Executioner: key, chords and progression

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