Jun92023

Shawn Mendes – What The Hell Are We Dying For on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
C
 Smoke in the air,
                    F
the city's burning down
C
 I wanna speak but
                F
 I don't make a sound
C
 Locked in my mind,
 you're all I think
   F
 about, mm
Am               G
  I wanna save us but
I don't know how

[Chorus]
C
 If we don't love
like we used to
F
 If we don't care
like we used to
Em         F
  What the hell are
          C
we dying for?

If it doesn't cut
like it used to
F
 If you're not mine
             Em
 and I'm not yours
         F                 C
What the hell are dying for?

[Verse 2]
C
I see it in the news,
                   F
I see it in your eyes, ooh
  C
I try to let you go,
then I choke,
             F
 I change my mind

(Change my mind, ooh)
Am                    G
  Let's face the truth,
              F
I'm tеrrified (Ooh, ooh)

[Chorus]
C
 If we don't love
like we used to
F
 If we don't care
like we used to
Em         F
  What the hell are
          C
we dying for?

If it doesn't cut
like it used to
F
 If you're not mine
             Em
and I'm not yours
         F
What the hell are
       C    F
 dying for?

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[Bridge]
C
Living without you
                 F
Is not living at all

[Chorus]
C
 If we don't love
like we used to
F
 If we don't care
 like we used to
Em         F
  What the hell are
           C
we dying for?
If it doesn't cut like
           F
it used to (Doesn't cut)
If you're not mine and
         Em
 I'm not yours
         F
What the hell are dying for?

[Outro]
C
Living without you
                 F
Is not living at all
C
Living without you (Baby)
                 F
Is not living at all
So what the hell
are we dying for?

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How to play What The Hell Are We Dying: key, chords and progression

These are What The Hell Are We Dying For chords by Shawn Mendes on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

What The Hell Are We Dying by Shawn Mendes keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 5 chords: C, F, Am, G and Em.

Most of the song cycles through C – F – Em – F (I – IV – iii – IV in C major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – mi – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.