Dec112022

SZA feat. Travis Scott – Open Arms Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Open Arms chords by SZA feat. Travis Scott on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
When you do your best you ca-,
 I done told you
A
When you do you your best,
 hell, that’s all you can do
C#m                          D
     You and me and anybody else
So they always start talkin’
Dm

[Verse 1: SZA]
A               C#m
    I'm runnin' away from
 where I'm from
           D
Never can stay with no one
           Dm
Lovin' you almost feels
like somethin'
A
When no one's around me
C#m
You lost and found me
         D
I was surrounded
     Dm
With open, open, open

[Chorus: SZA & Travis Scott]
     A           C#m
Open arms (Ooh), open arms
            D              Dm
You give me open, I'm so devoted
            A
You keep me open (Ooh),
  C#m
 open arms
           D
I'm so devoted to you,
     Dm
 to you, to you

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[Verse 2: SZA]
A
Spent your life bein' hopeless
C#m
Chokin' on insecurity
                  D
I know, oh, this is bad
                   Dm
But, please, put a leash
on me anyway
                       A
Who needs self-esteem anyway?
                         C#m
I hate myself to make you stay
                           D
Push me away, I'll be right here
     Dm
With open, open, open

[Chorus: SZA & Travis Scott]
     A           C#m
Open arms (Ooh), open arms
           D
You give me open,
          Dm
 I'm so devoted
           A            C#m
You keep me open (Ooh), open arms
         D        Dm
I'm so devoted to you,
 to you, to you

[Verse 3: Travis Scott]
A
No matter what come between us,
 yeah, I decided
C#m
I’m forever ridin’,
you’re forever guidin’
D
Pull up on an opp,
 hit his curve up, slidin'
Dm
Notice when you mad,
ain’t no words just silence
A
You my favorite color,
 now you seein’
every shade of me
C#m
You say that I'm trippin',
 I hit back like,
"Where you takin' me?"
D
Locked in for life,
 on God, no replacin’ me
Dm
Consequences, repercussions,
karma keep on changin' me
A               C#m
      For you I trust,
face card, valid ID
D
C’est la vie, go to Paris,
 it ain't five-star,
 it ain't me
Dm
Over-solid, keep it concrete,
 I'ma bet it on your whole fee
A
        Just don't
      C#m
switch sides,
 I could buy a piece,
your wrist AP
D
Through the ups and downs
 and all the heat

Take a turn and
 tell you what it be
Dm
Backshots make you feel relief,
anythin',
just don't you ever leave

[Outro: SZA & Travis Scott]
               A
I guess I gotta go
                   C#m
I guess it's time to go
               D
I gotta let you go
          Dm
(I'm so devoted)
            A
You Keep Me Open
Gotta let you go,
            C#m
 gotta let you ?go
                      D
I gotta let you go, I must
Dm
You're the only one that's
 holdin' me down
     A
C#m
You're the only one
                  D
holdin' me down
             Dm
'Cause I'm the only one
 that's holdin' me
Amaj7
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How to play Open Arms: key, chords and progression

Open Arms by SZA feat. Travis Scott is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 5 chords: A, C#m, D, Dm and Amaj7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – C#m – D – Dm (V – vii – I – i in D major). In solfa, that is soh – te – doh – doh. 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.