Dec92023

Tate McRae – Calgary Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsF G Am

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[Intro]
F     G Am
  Yeah,   mm
F     G Am

[Verse 1]
F         G
  Same bar, same street
Am
 I'm twenty but I still
feel like fifteen
 F  G  Am
   (Uh-uh)
F            G
  Same fears, same dreams
Am
 Still tryna get my
 brother to like me
 F  G  Am
      (Mmm)
                F
You said that I always
         G          Am
seem to land on my feet
                   F
But I got problems hangin'
         G               Am
 like a chain 'round my neck
               F
Tryin' but I'm barely seein'
 G           Am
 past twenty-three

And the best of me,
       F
 right now, is lookin'
   G          Am
 a lot like a mess

[Chorus]
I thought I had my
        F   G  Am
 shit together
Can't lie, the pills
             F       G  Am
 are lookin' temptin', oh
I thought that I was
         F    G  Am
 gettin' better
No, I got better at
    F      G   Am
pretendin', oh
 F  G  Am
I
  F  G  Am
I-I

[Verse 2]
F             G
  Old friends, downtown
Am
   They didn't like me
                         F
then and don't like me now
          G
I'm drunk, oh, wow
Am
   All my habits came
       F
back around
                G
"I'll figure it out,"
            Am
it's what I say
Figure it out and
        F
 take a break
               G
I'll figure it out
, maybe one day
 I'll finally get

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[Chorus]
          F   G  Am
My shit together
Can't lie, the pills
             F       G  Am
are lookin' temptin', oh
I thought that I was
         F    G  Am
 gettin' better
No, I got better at
    F      G   Am
 pretendin', oh
 F  G  Am
I
  F  G  Am
I-I
 F  G  Am
I
  F  G  Am
I-I

[Bridge]
        F      G
And I'd do it again,
       Am
 I'm a creature of habit
F            G
The moment's gone but
     Am
 I'm still tryna catch it
F        G
Everyone left and
    Am
I never got past it
F         G     Am
Never got past it

[Outro]
F         G
  Same bar, same street
Am
 I'm twenty but I
still feel like fifteen

How to play Calgary: key, chords and progression

These are Calgary chords by Tate McRae on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Calgary by Tate McRae is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 3 chords: F, G and Am.

Most of the song cycles through F – G – Am – F (VI – VII – i – VI in A minor). Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.