Oct62023

Serious Drinking – 12Xu Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
F#
Saw you down in Surrey
 opening a fete
F#
Saw you down in Surrey
opening a fete
F#
Saw you down in Surrey
opening a fete
F#
Saw you down in Surrey
opening a fete
E     B    F#  (x4)

[Verse 2]
F#
Saw you in the offy
buying a crate
F#
Saw you in the offy
 buying a crate
F#
Saw you in the offy
 buying a crat
F#
Saw you in the offy
 buying a crate
E   B     F#   (x4)

[Verse 3]
F#
Saw you in the back
row eating my date
F#
Saw you in the back
row eating my date
F#
Saw you in the back
row eating my date
F#
Saw you in the back
row eating my date
E    B   F#     (x4)

[Bridge]
C#
Caught you offside
C#
Caught you offside
C#
Caught you offside
C#
Caught you offside
C#
Caught you offside
C#
Caught you offside
C#
Caught you offside
C#
Caught you offside
E       B   F#
12XU
E      B   F#

Watch: 12XU / Bobby Moore Was Innocent

From Serious Drinking - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play 12Xu: key, chords and progression

These are 12Xu chords by Serious Drinking on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

12Xu by Serious Drinking keeps coming home to F♯ major (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯). You need 4 chords: F#, E, B and C#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F# – E – B – F# (I – ♭VII – IV – I in F♯ major). 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 D, C, G, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 25% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.