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Sophie May – If Id Never Been Born Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
B Abm Ebm Ebm


[Verse 1]
B         Abm
 Big brown eyes
and
       Ebm
bushy tail
B    Abm
 City girl to
       Ebm
country trail
B         Abm
 Vows exchanged
in the
      Ebm
Town Hall
 But did you know
         B
what you wanted
Abm            Ebm
when I came along?

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[Chorus]
E
 And I know you'd
Gb       B
 hate me for even
           Abm
thinking of this
E
 Who you'd be
Gb
 without me, a
B       Ebm
 dancer or an
Abm
actress
Dbm
 I would watch
    Gb
you at
the school gates
Ebm
 Waiting for me,
Abm
 day after day



[Post-Chorus]
E
 Who she might've
 been
Gb
 If I'd never been

[Verse 2]
B       Abm
 Thirty-one, in a
      Ebm
party dress
B           Abm
 Walked past Dad
 in a
         Ebm
parallel universe
B          Abm
 You moved back to
        Ebm
Australia
 And who knows
 if you'll
B   Abm      Ebm
ever be a mother



[Chorus]
E
 And I know
     Gb       B
you'd hate me for
 even
           Abm
thinking of this
E
 Who you'd
  Gb
be without me,
 B       Ebm   Abm
a writer or an artist
Dbm
 I would watch you
Gb
in the school gates
Ebm
 Waiting for me,
Abm
 day after day


[Post-Chorus]
E
 Who she
might've been
Gb
 If I'd never
 been
B Ebm Abm
 Born

[Outro slowed]
E
 Who she
might've been
Gb
 If I'd never
 been
B

How to play If Id Never Been Born: key, chords and progression

If Id Never Been Born by Sophie May keeps coming home to B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). You need 6 chords: B, Abm, Ebm, E, Gb and Dbm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is B – Abm – Ebm – B (I – vi – iii – I in B major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – mi – doh. 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 G, Em, Bm, C, D, Am (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 17% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Abm chord on guitar (466444) — A♭mA♭ C♭ E♭

Ebm chord on guitar (x68876) — E♭mE♭ G♭ B♭

Gb chord on guitar (244322) — G♭G♭ B♭ D♭

Dbm chord on guitar (x46654) — D♭mD♭ F♭ A♭

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If Id Never Been Born chords: questions

What key is If Id Never Been Born in?

If Id Never Been Born by Sophie May is centred on B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in If Id Never Been Born?

If Id Never Been Born uses 6 chords: B, Abm, Ebm, E, Gb, Dbm.

What is the chord progression of If Id Never Been Born?

The main progression is B – Abm – Ebm – B (I – vi – iii – I).

Is If Id Never Been Born easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Em, Bm, C, D, Am (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 17% without a capo).

How to play If Id Never Been Born: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

If Id Never Been Born chords: questions

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