Feb192018

The 10X & Ben Schuller – Skull And Bones Chord Progression on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard

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[Verse 1]
A#
Oh, can you save me
D# A#
I’ve been lost and all alone
A# Gm
I’ve been stuck in the badlands of your heart gone cold
A#
They tried to warn me not to be boring but
Gm
I’m kind of boring

[Chorus]
D# A# Gm A#
I woke up in the cold unknown, from a dream where I was in control
D# A# F
I put up my skull and bones, to tell them ‘it’s me’
D# A# Gm A#
I came back from a lifeless zone, hear 10x on the radio
D# A# F
I put up my skull and bones, so they could see

[Verse 2]
A#
You reach your hand out
D#
and try to pull back a holy soul (pull back a holy soul)
A# Gm
Stuck in this wasteland where no one hears you call
A#
They tried to make me, into somebody

I never could be

[Bridge]
A# A# D# A#
A# F D# D# D#
A# A#

A# D#
Oh, can you save me, I’ve been lost and all alone
D# D#
I put up my skull and bones, I’ve been stuck without my soul

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How to play Skull And Bones: key, chords and progression

Skull And Bones by The 10X & Ben Schuller is centred on B♭ major (two flats: B♭, E♭). The song uses 4 chords: A#, D#, Gm and F.

The backbone of the song is D# – A# – Gm – A# (IV – I – vi – I in B♭ major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – lah – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.