Taylor Swift – Epiphany Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

Taylor Swift – Epiphany Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsDbAb5AbEbGbBbmEbm

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[Intro]
Db Ab5 Ab Eb Gb Ab

[Verse]
Db              Gb     
Keep your helmet, keep 
        Ab
your life, son
Db    Ab           Bbm   
Just a flesh wound, here's
      Ebm
 your rifle
Ab                        Bbm
Crawling up the beaches now
Gb
"Sir, I think he's bleeding out"
Db                            
And some things you just can't 
           Gb
speak about

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[Chorus]
Db                        Gb
With you I serve, with you 
I fall down, down
Ab                             
Watch you breathe in, watch you 
Gb
breathing out, out

[Verse]
Db                  Bbm      Gb
Something med school did not cover
Db       Ab       Bbm        Gb    Ab
Someone's daughter, someone's mother
Bbm                                 Gb
Holds your hand through plastic now
Db
"Doc, I think she's crashing out"
Bbm                            Gb
And some things you just can't speak about
Db Gb Db Ab Ebm Gb Db Ab

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[Bridge]
Gb
Only twenty minutes to sleep
Db                   Bbm     Gb
But you dream of some epiphany
Db
Just one single glimpse of relief
Ab                   Bbm
To make some sense of what you've seen

[Chorus]
Ab                       
With you I serve, with you 
 Bbm        Gb    Db
I fall down, down
Ab                         
Watch you breathe in, watch 
    Bbm           Gb  Db
you breathing out, out
Gb                     
With you I serve, with 
   Bbm         Db   Ab
you I fall down, down
Gb                          
Watch you breathe in, watch 
   Bbm           Db  Ab
you breathing out, out

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[Outro]
Gb
Only twenty minutes to sleep
                      Db     Ab
But you dream of some epiphany
Gb
Just one single glimpse of relief
                      Db
To make some sense of what you've seen

How to play Epiphany: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Epiphany by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Epiphany by Taylor Swift sits in D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭), and you need 7 chords to play it: Db, Ab5, Ab, Eb, Gb, Bbm and Ebm.

Most of the song cycles through Ab – Bbm – Gb – Db (V – vi – IV – I in D♭ major), a rotation of the “four-chord” pop progression (I–V–vi–IV). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes C, G5, G, D, F, Am, Dm (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Db chord on guitar (x46664)
D♭D♭ F A♭
Ab5 chord on guitar (466xxx)
A♭5A♭ E♭
Ab chord on guitar (466544)
A♭A♭ C E♭
Eb chord on guitar (x68886)
E♭E♭ G B♭
Gb chord on guitar (244322)
G♭G♭ B♭ D♭
Bbm chord on guitar (x13321)
B♭mB♭ D♭ F
Ebm chord on guitar (x68876)
E♭mE♭ G♭ B♭

Epiphany chords: questions

What key is Epiphany in?

Epiphany by Taylor Swift is in the key of D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭).

What chords are in Epiphany?

Epiphany uses 7 chords: Db, Ab5, Ab, Eb, Gb, Bbm, Ebm.

What is the chord progression of Epiphany?

The main progression is Ab – Bbm – Gb – Db (V – vi – IV – I), a rotation of the “four-chord” pop progression (I–V–vi–IV).

Is Epiphany easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes C, G5, G, D, F, Am, Dm (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo).

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