Sam Fender – Getting Started Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Sam Fender – Getting Started Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsEBF#G#mF#/Bb

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[Intro]
E    B    F#    B
E    B     F#

[Verse 1]
G#m          B
Eighteen, failed dream
          F#
Attracted to a bad scene
Think I'll make a couple errands
E            B
Cataclysmic age to be
            F#
When you're out of luck and
your mother's in need
G#m                       B
I made my money for the crooks
and pushers
        F#
In the hopes that I got somethin'
                E    B
together for tonight...
I'm going out
       E    B            F#
Oh, tonight... I'm going out

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[Chorus]
E                    B  F#
..I'm only gettin' started
                      B    E
Don't mean to be disheartened
                         B
It felt like I'd give it up
         F#
so many times before
                     B   E
But I'm still here grinding
                   B  F#
I'm only gettin' started
                      B    E
Don't need to be dishearten?d
                        B
It felt like I'd given up
         F#
so many tim?s before
But I'm still here grinding

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[Verse 2]
G#m       B                F#
..I came home and you were on the floor
E                  B
..Floored by the letters and
              F#
the council rigmarole
G#m             B              F#
What I wouldn't do to get you out
this hole
       E    B                 F#
For tonight...I gotta let her go
       E   B                       F#
But tonight.. you gotta let me let go

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[Chorus]
E                    B  F#
..I'm only gettin' started
                      B    E
Don't mean to be disheartened
                         B
It felt like I'd give it up
         F#
so many times before
                     B   E
But I'm still here grinding
                   B  F#
I'm only gettin' started
                      B    E
Don't need to be dishearten?d
                        B
It felt like I'd given up
         F#
so many tim?s before
                     B   E
But I'm still here grinding

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[Post-Chorus]
E                  F#
..I'm gettin' started
           G#m
Gettin' started
              F#/Bb
I'm gettin' started
          B
I'm only gettin' started

[Chorus]
E                    B  F#
..I'm only gettin' started
(I'm gettin' started)
                         G#m
Don't mean to be disheartened
(I'm gettin' started)
It felt like I'd give it up so many
 F#/Bb
times before (I'm gettin' started)
But I'm still here grinding
(I'm gettin' started)
E
..I'm only gettin' started
(I'm gettin' started)
F#
..Don't mean to be disheartened
(I'm gettin' started)
G#m
..It felt like I'd give it up so many
F#/Bb
times before (I'm gettin' started)

[Outro]
E    B   F#   B
E   B   F#   B   E

How to play Getting Started: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Getting Started by Sam Fender on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Getting Started by Sam Fender is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). The song uses 5 chords: E, B, F#, G#m and F#/Bb.

Listen for E – B – F# – B (IV – I – V – I in B major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes C, G, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 25% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

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

Getting Started chords: questions

What key is Getting Started in?

Getting Started by Sam Fender is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in Getting Started?

Getting Started uses 5 chords: E, B, F#, G#m, F#/Bb.

What is the chord progression of Getting Started?

The main progression is E – B – F# – B (IV – I – V – I).

Is Getting Started easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes C, G, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 25% without a capo).

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