The 1975 – Give Yourself A Try Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression & Tab

The 1975 – Give Yourself A Try Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression & Tab

ChordsBC#mEG#mF#

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This is the chord progression of Give Yourself A Try by The 1975 on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
B                              C#m                                             E
You learn a couple things when you get to my age
B                                             C#m                                             E
Like friends don’t lie and it all tastes the same in the dark
B                                             C#m                                             E
When your vinyl and your coffee collection is a sign of the times
B                       C#m                                             E
You’re getting spirituality enlightened at 29

[Chorus]
B           C#m                       E
So just give yourself a try
B                       C#m               E
Won’t you give yourself a try?
B                       C#m                       E
Won’t you give yourself a try?
G#m      F#      E
Won’t you give?

[Verse 2]
B                       C#m                       E
I found a grey hair in one of my Zoots
B                       C#m                                             E
Like context in a modern debate I just took it out
B                                             C#m                                                                   E
The only apparatus required for happiness is your pain and fucking going outside
B                       C#m                                             E
And getting STD’s at 27 really isn’t the vibe
B                       C#m           E
Jane took her own life at 16,
B                                             C#m                       E
She was a kid who had the box tattooed on her arm
B                       C#m                       E
And I was 25 and afraid to go outside
B                       C#m                       E
A millenial that baby-boomers like

[Chorus]
B      C#m                       E
So just give yourself a try
B                       C#m                E
Won’t you give yourself a try?
B                       C#m                       E
Won’t you give yourself a try?
G#m F# E
Won’t you give?

[Interlude]
B C#m E
B C#m E

[Bridge]
B                                                                   E
‘And what would you say to your younger self?’
B
Growing a beard’s quite hard
E
And whiskey never starts to taste nice
B
And you’ll make a lot of money, and it’s funny
E
‘Cause you’ll move somewhere sunny and get addicted to drugs
B                                                                                         E
And spend obscene amounts on fucking seeds and beans online

[Chorus]
B                       C#m           E
So just give yourself a try
B                       C#m                E
Won’t you give yourself a try?
B                       C#m                       E
Won’t you give yourself a try?
G#m       F#       E
Won’t you give?

[Outro]
B C#m E
B C#m E

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How to play Give Yourself A Try: key, chords and progression

Give Yourself A Try by The 1975 keeps coming home to B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). You need 5 chords: B, C#m, E, G#m and F#.

The backbone of the song is E – B – C#m – E (IV – I – ii – IV in B major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – reh – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Am, C, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯

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Give Yourself A Try chords: questions

What key is Give Yourself A Try in?

Give Yourself A Try by The 1975 is centred on B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in Give Yourself A Try?

Give Yourself A Try uses 5 chords: B, C#m, E, G#m, F#.

What is the chord progression of Give Yourself A Try?

The main progression is E – B – C#m – E (IV – I – ii – IV).

Is Give Yourself A Try easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Am, C, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo).

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