Sep262020

Ruel – Articulate Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsGDadd4add9G7 Fadd9 C C#Fmaj7 Am Em/B Em7/B G6

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This is the chords of Articulate by Ruel on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G Dadd4add9 G7 Fadd9 C

[Verse 1]
    G           Dadd4add9
The less that I said
    G7            Fadd9      C
The more that you need it to mean
G           Dadd4add9   G7     
Two hundred days of you wasting 
      Fadd9       C
your patience on me
    Dadd4add9                   
The hole that you left me to fill
 C#                     Fmaj7
, just keeps getting longer


[Chorus]
    Am    Em/B
But o-o-o-ooh
G                        
Leave it unspoken, 'cause
   Dadd4add9
 my thoughts are broken
Am    Em/B
O-o-o-ooh
G                       
Something I need to say,
 Dadd4add9
 I can't articulate

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[Instrumental]
G Dadd4add9 G7 Fadd9 C


[Verse 2]
    G           Dadd4add9
The more that I said
    G7         Fadd9       
The less you believed that
     C
 it's true
G            Dadd4add9   
Words become meaningless,
 G7              Fadd9        C
 but that's the best I could do
    Dadd4add9               
The hole that I left you to 
    C#                     Fmaj7
fill, just keeps getting longer

[Chorus]
    Am    Em/B
But o-o-o-ooh
G                       
Leave it unspoken, 'cause
   Dadd4add9
 my thoughts are broken
Am    Em/B
O-o-o-ooh
G                       
Something I need to say, 
 Dadd4add9
I can't articulate

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[Instrumental]
G Dadd4add9 G7 Fadd9 C

[Bridge]
Am               Em7/B
  I gave you my pearls
                     G6      
to replace all the words that
                 Dadd4add9
 I can't seem to say
Am                   Em7/B
  You don't have to love me,
                    G6      
just don't find somebody who 
                Dadd4add9
treats you the same

[Chorus]
    Am      Em/B
But   o-o-o-ooh
G                        
Leave it unspoken, 'cause
  Dadd4add9
 my thoughts are broken
Am    Em/B
O-o-o-ooh
G                      
Something I need to say,
  Dadd4add9         G
 I can't articulate

How to play Articulate: key, chords and progression

Articulate by Ruel is centred on A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 10 chords: G7, Fadd9, C, C#, Fmaj7, Am, Em/B, G, Em7/B and G6.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Am – Em/B – G – Am (i – v – VII – i in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Fadd9, C# and G6 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.