[Verse]Emaj7
I can't do it
Can't feel a thing, I'm numb
Dmaj7
All I do is wait
Is there something wrong with me?
Emaj7
Honestly I don't
Get as high
Dmaj7
When I medicate
And I can't go on like this
Emaj7
Oh I blew it
I think I took out the fun
Dmaj7
Empty as hell
Made me lose my attitude
Emaj7
I know I won't get as high
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Dmaj7
When I medicate
And I can't go on like this
Gmaj7
I'm useless
F#m7
Someone wake me up from this life, yeah
[Chorus]A
I wish that I could feel something
G#m7C#m7
But the pills do what they do
A
I was dancing on the ceiling
G#m7 C#m7 Bm(add11)
Now I can't feel nothing new
A
And if you look real close you'll notice
G#m7
I lost all my emotions
C#m7
Is it better when I'm broken
Bm(add11)
Aiming for explosion?
A
I wish that I could feel something
G#m7C#m7
But the pills do what they do
How to play Pills: key, chords and progression
These are the chords for Pills by Selah Sue on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
To play Pills by Selah Sue, think in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). It takes 8 chords: Emaj7, Dmaj7, Gmaj7, F#m7, A, G#m7, C#m7 and Bm(add11.
Listen for A – G#m7 – C#m7 – Bm(add11 (I – vii7 – iii7 – ii in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – te – mi – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Dmaj7, Cmaj7, Fmaj7, Em7, G, F#m7, Bm7, Am (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 38% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
The main progression is A – G#m7 – C#m7 – Bm(add11 (I – vii7 – iii7 – ii).
Is Pills easy to play on guitar?
Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Dmaj7, Cmaj7, Fmaj7, Em7, G, F#m7, Bm7, Am (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 38% without a capo).
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