Jul102023

Reel Big Fish – Talkin Bout A Revolution Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsF Bb Dm C

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[Intro]
F Bb Dm C
F Bb Dm C

[Chorus]
F         Bb
Don't you know
        Dm
They're talkin' about
   C   F
a revolution
   Bb             Dm     C
It sounds (like a whisper)
F         Bb
Don't you know
        Dm              C   F
They're talkin' about a revolution
   Bb             Dm     C
It sounds (like a whisper)

[Verse]

              F
While they're standing
        Bb          Dm  C
in the welfare lines
F             Bb
Crying at the doorsteps of
         Dm           C
 those armies of salvation
F       Bb            Dm
Wasting time in the unemployment
  C
lines
F        Bb    Dm
Sitting around waiting
          C
 for a promotion

[Chorus 2]
F         Bb
Don't you know
        Dm              C   F
They're talkin' about a revolution
   Bb             Dm     C
It sounds (like a whisper)
F         Bb
Don't you know
        Dm              C   F
They're talkin' about a revolution
   Bb             Dm     C
It sounds (like a whisper)

[Bridge]
F                 Bb     Dm
Poor people gonna rise up and
 C         F     Bb Dm C
 get their share
F                 Bb
Poor people gonna rise up
         Dm    C
(Rise up) and take what's
  F        Bb Dm C
 theirs (Doo-ooh)
F                         Bb
Don't you know you better run,
run, run, run,
Dm                  C
run, run, run, run, run,
           F          Bb Dm C
 run, run, run, run
F                    Bb
Oh I said you better run,
 run, run, run,
Dm                  C
run, run, run, run, run,
            F        Bb
 run, run, run, run talkin'
              Dm      C
 about a revolution

[Chorus 3]
F   Bb          Dm
Cuz finally the tables
     C           F
are starting to turn
Bb                   Dm    C
Talkin' bout a revolution
F   Bb          Dm
Cuz finally the tables
     C           F
are starting to turn
Bb                 Dm     C
Talkin' bout a revolution hold on

[Interlude]
F Bb Dm C
F Bb Dm C

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[Chorus 4]
F         Bb
Don't you know
        Dm              C   F
They're talkin' about a revolution
   Bb             Dm     C
It sounds (like a whisper)
F         Bb
Don't you know
        Dm              C   F
They're talkin' about a revolution
   Bb             Dm     C
It sounds (like a whisper)

[Chorus 5]
F   Bb          Dm
Cuz finally the tables
     C           F
are starting to turn
Bb                 Dm    C
Talkin' bout a revolution
F   Bb          Dm
Cuz finally the tables
     C           F
are starting to turn
Bb                 Dm
Talkin' bout a revolution
C                  F
Talkin' bout a revolution
Bb                 Dm
Talkin' bout a revolution
C                  F
Talkin' bout a revolution
Bb                 Dm
Talkin' bout a revolution
C                  F      Bb Dm C
Talkin' bout a revolution
F Bb Dm C
F Bb Dm C
F Bb Dm C
F Bb Dm C

F Bb Dm C F
F Bb Dm C
F Bb Dm C F

How to play Talkin Bout A Revolution: key, chords and progression

These are Talkin Bout A Revolution chords by Reel Big Fish on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Talkin Bout A Revolution by Reel Big Fish, think in F major (one flat: B♭). It takes 4 chords: F, Bb, Dm and C.

The backbone of the song is F – Bb – Dm – C (I – IV – vi – V in F major), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, G, Bm, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.