Mar112024

The Black Keys – This Is Nowhere Chords on Piano and Ukulele

ChordsF E C Am Am7C/EEm Fm A Asus4 Esus4 E7

KeyKeyCapo

View

These are This Is Nowhere by The Black Keys on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F  E C Am  Am7  F   E

[Verse 1]
C              C/E
  Gonna take a one way
         F       E    C
trip to nowhere
              Am7
Gonna pack my bags, head
       F       E    C
out to nowhere
              Am
Gonna tell my friends
     C/E           F
I'm goin' back to nowhere
   E      C
, ye-ah  yeah
C
Have the time of my life when
           F        E   C
 I get to nowhere,     yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
       F
'Cause anywhere's
             E
 better than here
           C
Wanna disappear, in
     C/E
 the atmosphere, for
   Am      F
a million years
            E
No discount beers,
             C
no alligator tears
Just the sound of the
     Am7
wind blowing past my
 F     C   C/E
 ears......ears
   F      E    C    /
My ears........ears

Check out Musical Tips from our Tips section

[Chorus]
               F
'Cause this is nowhere..
 Em C
    ere...ere..
      C/E     F      E
Yeah, this is nowhere
  Em    C
..ere...ere..
             C/
(This is nowhere)
        F        Em
This is nowhere..ere..
 C              Am7
.ere.. (This is nowhere)
        F        Em    C
This is nowhere..ere...ere..

[Instrumental] 1:09
C*   C*   F    Em    C
            Am
This is nowhere
F    Em    C        /
                Ohh
Fm*  Fm*   E*  E*   C

[Verse 2] 1:24
C               C/E
  Gonna tell my baby I'm
Am        F       E    C
bound for nowhere
      C/E
Gonna sell all of my
        Am
clothes when I get to
 F       E    C
 nowhere
C/E                 C
Have the time of my life,
               F
 when I get to nowhere.
 E     C
.ere...ere.
Spend the rest of my days in
      Am        F
 the middle of nowhere,
 E    C      /
    yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
       F
'Cause anywhere's better
       E
 than here
           C
Wanna disappear, in the

atmosphere, for a
          F
million years
            E
No discount beers,
              F
 no alligator tears
Just the sound of the
 C            C/E
 wind blowing past
 F      E    C      /
 my ears...ea...rs
F  Am     C      /
My ears...ears

[Chorus] 2:04
               F
'Cause this is nowhere
  A     C
..ere...ere..
      C       F
Yeah, this is nowhere.
   E     C
.ere...ere.. (This is
 nowhere)
        F        A
This is nowhere..ere.
   C
..ere.. (This is)
        F        E
This is nowhere..ere.
   C
..ere.. (This is nowhere)

[Bridge]
        F
And I'm not back,
       C
 goin' back
I'm gonna waste my
F              C
life in the sunshine
    F
And I'm not back,
       C
 goin' back
I'm gonna waste my
F              C*
life in the sunshine

[Chorus]
               F
'Cause this is nowhere
   Asus4 C
..ere...ere..
              F
Yeah, this is nowhere..
Asus4 C
ere...ere.. (This is)
        F        Asus4 C
This is nowhere..ere...ere.
. (This is)
     Esus4
Yeh this is nowhere..ere.
  Asus4      C       /
..ere..ere...ere..
 (This is nowhere)

[Outro]
F   E     C
           (This is nowhere)
F   Am7   C
            (This is nowhere)
F   E7    C
            (This is nowhere)
F   Am7   C
            (This is nowhere)
F   E7    C
            (This is nowhere)
F   Am7   C
            (This is nowhere)
F   E7    C
             (This is nowhere)
F   Am7   C

Watch: The Black Keys - This Is Nowhere (Official Lyric Video)

From The Black Keys on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play This Is Nowhere: key, chords and progression

This Is Nowhere by The Black Keys sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 12 chords to play it: F, E, C, Am, Am7, C/E, Em, Fm, A, Asus4, Esus4 and E7.

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

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.