Apr192023

The Front Bottoms – Outlook Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
G                C
Young American mechanic
          G
Turns his back on blood
                       D
 and spreads open his chest
                    G
There's no point in being
           C
 high and mighty
       G
Broken down on the side
        D
of the highway
C
You followed your path
                G
and it led you here
C
Now you do your work
                 D
in a neighbor's driveway
C
Pictures still hanging
                    G
 from your rearview mirror
C
Distracted by your past
          D
 so far behind

[Pre-Chorus]
C   G          Em    Am
You've got the power
          C
To drive around here
G                  C    Em
A hundred miles an hour
    C G        Em      Am
And I am not impressed
       C  G
Any more
          Am  Em
Or any less

[Chorus]
               C    G
And that feels good
          Em   Am
Mark that down
           C
That feels good right
            G
there like that
           Am
Let's mark that down

[Verse 2]
G
Usually we'd have to
go down to Gеorgia
         C
It's unexpected though
so we take care of it up here
    G
You know that I would
go anywhere for you
     D
If I got the news
 no one wants to hear
   G
It breaks me up thinking
 back to last Wednesday
   C
It breaks me up thinking
 that's how it goes
G
Will this be the last
 time it happens
D
Close your eyes
D
No one knows
C
What a thing to happen
         G
 on your birthday
C
Offering shelter
           D
from the attack
C
I believe once you go
        G
 to the doctor's
         C        D
There is no going back

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[Pre-Chorus]
C   G          Em    Am
You've got the power
          C
To drive around here
G                  C    Em
A hundred miles an hour
    C G        Em      Am
And I am not impressed
       C  G
Any more
          Am  Em
Or any less

[Chorus]
               C    G
And that feels good
          Em   Am
Mark that down
           C
That feels good right
            G
there like that
           Am        Em
Let's mark that down
               C    G
And that feels good
          Em   Am
Mark that down
           C
That feels good right
            G
 there like that
           Am        Em
Let's mark that down
N.C.
That feels good
                G
Let's mark that down
           C
That feels good right
             G
there like that
           Am
Let's mark that down

[Outro]
         C            G
Same old story, so distracted
       Em                   D
That I drove right past the exit
        C               G
Circled back to learn a lesson
            Em
And I still got a
        D
couple questions
      C
In my heart
          G
There's a hole
      Em              D
And I fill it up with smoke
            C
I got no control
         G
Just get old
      Em                D  G
And I watch it take its toll

[Outro]
G

How to play Outlook: key, chords and progression

These are Outlook chords by The Front Bottoms on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Outlook by The Front Bottoms is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 5 chords in all: G, C, D, Em and Am.

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

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