Tegan and Sara – Please Help Me Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

Tegan and Sara – Please Help Me Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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This is the chords of Please Help Me by Tegan and Sara on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
D              A              Bm                 A
What if I don’t do the things I need?
D              A                          Bm              A
What if I don’t know who I can believe?
D                                      A                                      Bm                          A
What if I become all the horrible things I said that I would never be?
Bm                          A
Waste my life and then never see
Bm                                      A
Take and take, and I never give

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[Refrain]
G                          A
Oh, please help me
G                          A
Oh, please help me

[Chorus]
D                          A                          Bm
I needed a place to rest my head
G                  A                          D
Needed a place to make my bed
D                          A                          Bm
Wanted something better than this
G                                      A              D
Needed a place to rest my head
G                          A
All the things I’ll never be (I’ll never be)
G                                      A
Waste my life and never see (I never see)
G                                                  A
Take and take, I never give (I never give)
Bm              A              G
All the things I’ll never be

[Verse 2]
D              A              Bm              A
What if I don’t feel like I belong?
D                      A                     Bm                  A
What happens to my head if I go beyond?
D                                      A                                      Bm                          A
What if I become all the horrible things I swore that I would never be?
Bm                          A
Waste my life, I’m never free
Bm                                      A
Take and take ’til I’m empty

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[Refrain]
G                          A
Oh, please help me
G                          A
Oh, please help me

[Chorus]
D                          A              Bm
I needed a place to rest my head
G                          A              D
Needed a place to make my bed
D              A                          Bm
Wanted something better than this
G                          A                          D
Needed a place to rest my head
G                                      A
All the things I’ll never be (I’ll never be)
G                                      A
Waste my life and never see (I never see)
G                                                  A
Take and take, I never give (I never give)
Bm              A              G
All the things I’ll never be

[Bridge]
D    A     Bm              A
Who am I to disagree?
D      A         Bm              A
Who am I to fall apart?
Bm              A                          G
I lived my life the best I could
Bm                          A              G
Lived my life the best I could

[Chorus]
D              A                          Bm
I needed a place to rest my head
G                          A                          D
Needed a place to make my bed
D                 A                          Bm
Wanted something better than this
G                          A                          D
Needed a place to rest my head
G                                      A
All the things I’ll never be (I’ll never be)
G                                                              A
Waste my life and never see (I never see)
G                                      A
Take and take, I never give (I never give)
Bm              A              G
All the things I’ll never be
Bm A G

How to play Please Help Me: key, chords and progression

Please Help Me by Tegan and Sara is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: D, A, Bm and G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – D – A – Bm (V – I – V – vi in D major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D

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Please Help Me chords: questions

What key is Please Help Me in?

Please Help Me by Tegan and Sara is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Please Help Me?

Please Help Me uses 4 chords: D, A, Bm, G.

What is the chord progression of Please Help Me?

The main progression is A – D – A – Bm (V – I – V – vi).

Is Please Help Me easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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