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Radical Face – Shipwrecks Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG Bm Em7Em7/CD C Em

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[Intro]
G


[Verse 1]
G     Bm
 So I sit here at
   Em7
the table
        Em7/C
 Writing all the
 things
that I'm too
          D
scared to say
G       Bm
 By the time you
        Em7
find my letter
   Em7/C
I imagine I'll be
             D
well upon my way

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[Chorus]
C        D
 How was I supposed
    Em7
to save you
          C
 When I'd never
found a
            D
way to save myself?
C              D
 We found each other
at the
Em7           G
bottom of the sea
      C
 But another sunken
ship
                D
just ain't much help


[Instrument]
G    Bm    Em7
 ooh...
Em7/C      D
 ooh...
G    Bm    Em7
 ooh...
Em7/C      D
 ooh...


[Verse 2]
G            Bm
 I watch the highway
        Em7
out the window
       Em7/C
 And I miss the way
you'd laugh
           D
at my dumb jokes
G            Bm
 And while I don't
know
          Em7
where you are now
             C
 I'd like to think
that

you've got life up
       D
on the ropes

[Bridge]
C         D
You don't need to
Em      D
forgive me
  C
I know the bed
    D
I've made
C      D
I just hope you
Em       D
find yourself
  C
A better heart

to break


[Chorus]
C        D
 How were you
supposed
  Em7
to save me
            C
 When you'd never
found a

way to save
    D
yourself?
C
 We found each
D
other
 at the
Em7           G
bottom of the sea
          C
 But just learned
another
anchor ain't
     D
much help


[Instrument]
G    Bm    Em7
 ooh...
Em7/C      D
 ooh...
G    Bm    Em7
 ooh...
Em7/C      D
 ooh...

[Chorus]
C        D
 How was I
supposed
    Em7
to save you
          C
 When I'd never
found a way
        D
to save myself?
C
 We found each
D
other
 at the
Em7
bottom of
    G
the sea
      C
 But another
 sunken
ship just
           D
ain't much help

Watch: Shipwrecks

From Radical Face - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Shipwrecks: key, chords and progression

Shipwrecks by Radical Face is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 7 chords: G, Bm, Em7, Em7/C, D, C and Em.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Bm – Em7 – Em7/C (I – iii – vi7 – vi7 in G major). In solfa, that is doh – mi – lah – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

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