Nov242019

Silversun Pickups – Draining Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Draining by Silversun Pickups on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Em CM7
Em CM7

[Verse 1]
Em CM7
You ask me to be stone again
Em CM7
Been waiting out here for a while
Em CM7
At least the way could be the end
Em CM7
But not likely

[Chorus]
Em C
And it’s draining
Em C
And it’s draining

[Verse 2]
Em CM7
You see my shadow coming in
Em CM7
With dirty sheets pulled to your chin
Em CM7
And maybe now we can begin
Em CM7
But not likely

[Chorus]
Em C
And it’s draining
Em C
And it’s draining
Em C
we’re evading
Em C
And it’s draining

[Verse 2]
D
You’ve asked me before
C
You’ve asked me to consider operating
D
We’ve been here before
C
We’ve been here, the delivery’s no good

[Intermission]
Am
Ha. aa. aa. aa.
Bm Em
aa. aa. aa. aa. aa.
C
Ha. aa. aa. aa.
D Em
aa. aa. aa. aa. aa.
Am
Ha. aa. aa. aa.
Bm Em
aa. aa. aa. aa. aa.
C
Ha. aa. aa. aa.
D Em
aa. aa. aa. aa. aa.

A
. . .
Em
. . . .
C
. . . .
D Em
. . . .
A Am
. . .
Bm Em
. . . .
C
. .
D Em
. .

[Bridge]
D
We’ll leave it alone
C
We’ll leave it, that’s when we start repeating
D
Don’t ask anymore
C
Don’t ask me, the delivery’s no good

[Chorus]
Em C
And it’s draining
Em C
And it’s draining
Em C
we’re evading
Em C
And it’s draining
D C
And it’s draining
D C Em
And it’s draining

How to play Draining: key, chords and progression

Draining by Silversun Pickups sits in E minor (one sharp: F♯), and you need 7 chords to play it: Em, CM7, C, D, Am, Bm and A.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – C – D – Em (i – VI – VII – i in E minor). 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.