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Sam DeRosa – Pill For This Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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This is the chords of Pill For This by Sam DeRosa on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G G G
I Should be drunk right now.
G G G
Dancing with strangers, kissing new faces.
G G G
But it’s one Am. I’m thinking of you.

[Verse]
Am
I should be lashing out.
C
Throwing that hate, cursing your name.
Em Bm
But it’s one AM. I’m thinking of you.
C
I don’t want to be two years done.
Em
Still messed up, halfway over you.
D Am
I don’t want to be back to square one.

Cause I’m messed up, with someone new.

[Bridge]
B
So what do I do?
C Em
I learn how to love.
Em D Am
Not how to get over you.

[Pre-Chorus]
B C Em
If there’s some medication, I could take.
D Am G
To make me wanna hate you, and kill this ache.
G C Em
If there’s some medication, I could take.
D Am
You know I would do it.

[Chorus]
C D
But they don’t got a pill for this…
D Em Bm
They don’t got a pill for this…
Bm C D
They don’t got a pill for this… oh….
D
You know I would do it.
Am Bm
You know I would do it.

[Verse]
C
I Should be high as hell.
Em
Laughing with friends.
D
Making new Memories.
A
But it’s three AM.
Am7
I’m Creeping on you.
B C
I don’t want to be two years done.
Em
Still messed up, halfway over you.
D Am Am7
I don’t want to be back to square one.
Am
cause I’m messed up, with someone new.

[Bridge]
E
So what do I do?
C Em
I learn how to love.
Em D Am
Not how to get over you.

[Pre-Chorus]
B C Em
If there’s some medication, I could take.
D Am G
To make me wanna hate you, and kill this ache.
G C Em
If there’s some medication I could take
D Am
You know I would do it.

[Chorus]
C D
But they don’t got a pill for this…
D Em Bm
They don’t got a pill for this….
Bm C D
They don’t got a pill for this… oh…
D
You know I would do it.
Am Bm
You know I would do it.
C Em
But they don’t got a pill for this…
Em D Am
They don’t got a pill for this…
Am B C Em
They don’t got a pill for this…
D Am
You know I would do it.

You know I would do it.

[Outro]
G G G
I Should be drunk right now.
G G G
Dancing with strangers, kissing new faces.
G G G
But it’s one Am. I’m thinking of you.

How to play Pill For This: key, chords and progression

Pill For This by Sam DeRosa is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 10 chords: G, Am, C, Em, Bm, D, B, A, Am7 and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – Em – D – Am (IV – vi – V – ii in G major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – reh. 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.