Apr282018

Soccer Mommy – Cool on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard

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This is the chord progression of Cool by Soccer Mommy on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D

[Verse 1]
D A
Mary has a heart of coal
D A
She’ll break you down and eat you whole
D A D A
I saw her do it after school, she’s an animal

[Verse 2]
D    C#m
And she won’t ever love no boy
D    C#m
She’ll treat you like a fucking toy
D    C#m D C#m
She’ll break your heart and steal your joy, like a criminal

[Chorus]
D    A
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
D          A
I wanna know her like you-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou
D          A
I wanna know her like you-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou
D
I wanna be that cool
A
I wanna be that

[Break]
D A
D A

[Verse 3]
E    Bm
Mary keeps you off her mind
E       Bm
She wants to spend her weekend right
E Bm    A Bm
Out with her friends just getting high, like a stoner girl
D       A
And you wait outside on her street
D    A
You sit for hours just to see
D E A D E A Bm
The girl you pictured in a dream as the only girl

[Chorus] x2
D    A
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
D       A
I wanna know her like you-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou
D          A
I wanna know her like you-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou
D E
I wanna be that cool
A
I wanna be that

[Outro]
|A |Bm |F#m |Bm
|A |Bm |F#m |Bm

[Solo]
|D |A
|D |A

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How to play Cool: key, chords and progression

Cool by Soccer Mommy is built around A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯), with 6 chords in all: D, A, C#m, E, Bm and F#m.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Bm – D – A – D (ii – IV – I – IV in A major). In solfa, that is reh – fah – doh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, G, Bm, D, Am, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C#m chord on guitar (x46654) — C♯mC♯ E G♯

F#m chord on guitar (244222) — F♯mF♯ A C♯

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Cool chords: questions

What key is Cool in?

Cool by Soccer Mommy is centred on A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in Cool?

Cool uses 6 chords: D, A, C#m, E, Bm, F#m.

What is the chord progression of Cool?

The main progression is Bm – D – A – D (ii – IV – I – IV).

Is Cool easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, G, Bm, D, Am, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).

This is the chord progression of Cool by Soccer Mommy on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

How to play Cool: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Cool chords: questions

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