Apr72018

SZA – Quicksand Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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This is the chord progression of Quicksand by SZA on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Instrumental]
Fm9 Gm7 Eb9sus4 Fm9 Gm7
Fm9 Gm7 Eb9sus4 Fm9 Fm9

[Verse 1]
Fm9          Gm7
Should I assume you didn’t mean it like that?
Eb9sus4    Fm9    Gm7
Or should I assume you know exactly how you said it?
Fm9
You know exactly how you meant it
Gm7
Should I assume it’s me, sweet disposition
Eb9sus4    Fm9
Switchin’ position, duckin’ submission
Gm7 Fm9    Gm7
Or should I assume it’s a weekend thing, boy?
Eb9sus4
You could get ass all week, droppin’ that ass
Fm9 Gm7
Just think about me, think about me

[Pre-Chorus]
Fm9          Gm7
And it sounds good, what’s the difference if it sound good?
Eb9sus4
Split the difference if it’s still good
Fm9
What’s the difference if it’s still good
Gm7    Fm9
Just not yours exclusively?
Gm7
Used to be all good
Eb9sus4
Trade it up, now it’s all bad
Fm9
Rang it up, credit all bad
Gm7    Fm9
Getting on, never saw that
Gm7
Mystery number, call back
Eb9sus4
It better not be her again
Eb9sus4
Know you wish it wasn’t
Know you wish I wasn’t

[Chorus]
Fm9    Gm7
Ooh-ooh, so hard to love (so hard)
Eb9sus4    Fm9
Darling, you make it too hard to trust
Gm7    Fm9
You keep running from me
Gm7
I’m scared of love
Eb9sus4
Make it easy for me
Fm9 Gm7 Fm9
I wanna be, it’s difficult for me
Gm7 Eb9sus4
I’m scared of love, yeah
Fm9
And you’re hard to trust(You keep)
Gm7    Fm9
Why you running from me?
Gm7
I’m backing up
Eb9sus4
Make it easy for me
Fm9    Gm7
Don’t wanna be scared to love

[Verse 2]
Fm9    Gm7
Hopin’ you will, hopin’ you would
Eb9sus4
Wish a bitch would, dissin’ me
Fm9    Gm7
Hopin’ you would, kissin’ me
Fm9
Underneath the constellation
Gm7
If it’s any consolation
Eb9sus4
If it’s worth the conversation
Fm9    Gm7
I don’t do this all of the time
Fm9       Gm7
I just say that every time it’s worth the lie
Eb9sus4 Fm9    Gm7
It’s worth the crime, it’s worth the bad karma
Fm9 Gm7
I bet you like it rough
Eb9sus4 Fm9    Gm7
Makin’ bad decisions how we beggin’, and you love it

[Pre-Chorus]
Fm9
All good, what’s the difference?
Gm7
Still good, split the difference
Eb9sus4 Fm9
All good, what’s the difference if it’s still good
Gm7 Fm9
Just not yours exclusively?
Gm7
Used to be all good
Eb9sus4
All bad
Fm9
Tell it, love, that’s more than

[Instrumental]
Fm9 Gm7 Eb9sus4 Gm7 Fm9
Fm9 Gm7 Eb9sus4 Gm7 Fm9
Fm9 Gm7 Eb9sus4 Fm9 Gm7
Fm9 Gm7 Eb9sus4 Fm9 Gm7

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How to play Quicksand: key, chords and progression

Quicksand by SZA keeps coming home to E♭ major (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). You need 3 chords: Fm9, Gm7 and Eb9sus4.

Most of the song cycles through Fm9 – Gm7 – Eb9sus4 – Fm9 (ii9 – iii7 – I7 – ii9 in E♭ major). In solfa, that is reh – mi – doh – reh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Dm9, Em7, C7 (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.