Rence – Tears In December Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

Rence – Tears In December Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsBEG#mF#Emaj7C#

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This is the chords of Tears In December by Rence on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
E(x2)- for two bars

[Verse 1]
B
Did what I had to do
Moved out to Malibu
E
Just last year
Just last year
B
I’m going nowhere fast
A decade came and passed
E
Just last year
Just last year

[Pre-Chorus]
G#m                     F#                Emaj7
Oh-ah-oh, sick of the sound (sick of the)
G#m     F#           Emaj7           E
Of my heart hitting the ground

[Chorus]
B
If I knew better
I would have never
Left you the way I did (I did, I did)
E
Tears in December
When I remember
G#m                                         F#
Leaving you like I did (I did, I did)

[Post-Chorus]
B
Woah-oh-ah-oh, sick of the sound
E G#m F#
Of my heart hitting the ground

[Verse 2]
B
Tried putting blame on you
Cause they say it takes two
C#                               E
To fall in love or to fck it up
Either way it hurts the both of us
B
It’s so hard to stay when you’re good at leaving
But we can never heal if we keep on bleeding
E
So we fall in love and we fuck it up
And either way it hurts the both of us

[Pre-Chorus]
G#m           F#           Emaj7
Oh-ah-oh, sick of the sound
G#m              F#           Emaj7 E
Of my heart hitting the ground

[Chorus]
B
If I knew better
I would have never
Left you the way I did (I did, I did)
E
Tears in December
When I remember
G#m                     F#
Leaving you like I did

[Post-Chorus]
B
Oh-ah-oh, sick of the sound
E                               F#
Of my heart hitting the ground

[Outro]
B
Oh-ah-oh, sick of the sound
Emaj7
Of my heart hitting the ground

How to play Tears In December: key, chords and progression

To play Tears In December by Rence, think in B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). It takes 6 chords: B, E, G#m, F#, Emaj7 and C#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is B – E – G#m – F# (I – IV – vi – V in B major), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, D, Cmaj7, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 17% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
Emaj7 chord on guitar (021100)
Emaj7E G♯ B D♯
C# chord on guitar (x46664)
C♯C♯ E♯ G♯

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Tears In December chords: questions

What key is Tears In December in?

Tears In December by Rence is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in Tears In December?

Tears In December uses 6 chords: B, E, G#m, F#, Emaj7, C#.

What is the chord progression of Tears In December?

The main progression is B – E – G#m – F# (I – IV – vi – V), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V.

Is Tears In December easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, D, Cmaj7, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 17% without a capo).

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