The Good, The Bad & The Queen – Drifters And Trawlers Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

The Good, The Bad & The Queen – Drifters And Trawlers Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsDEAF#mC#

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This is the chord progression of Drifters And Trawlers by The Good, The Bad & The Queen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D E A
D E A
D E F#m
C#

[Verse 1]
D                  E             A
I’ve done enough today
D                          E                          A
Sweet lord I’ve done enough today
D          E          F#m                  C#
I’ve seen the jetsam rise and fall
D                                  E
Because they got them all
A
They were trawling
D                          E
Down at the bottom
A
Where everything ends
D                  E                  F#m          C#
And the lovers I have lost have gone

[Interlude]
D E A
D E A
D E F#m
C#

[Verse 2]
D                  E                  A
I’ve done enough today
D                          E                           A
Sweet lord I’ve done enough today
D                  E          F#m          C#
I’ve seen the jetsam rise and fall
D                          E                          A
Singing back to the sands run ashore
D                  E                  A
Fixed odds and with little care
D          E                  F#m                                  C#
I shall go into town in the devil’s name alone

[Interlude]
D E A
D E A
D E F#m
C#

[Verse 3]
D                  E          A
When the sea is glass
D                  E                  A
And the land is dark still
D                          E          A
Throw away your fears
F#m
Throw away the nets
C#          D          E          A
And throw away the past
D          E          A
When it’s taken you
D                   E                          F#m
Half of the day to get over the waves
C#
You carve away

[Interlude]
D E A
D E A
D E F#m
C#

How to play Drifters And Trawlers: key, chords and progression

Drifters And Trawlers by The Good, The Bad & The Queen sits in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯), and you need 5 chords to play it: D, E, A, F#m and C#.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, D, G, Em, B (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
C# chord on guitar (x46664)
C♯C♯ E♯ G♯

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Drifters And Trawlers chords: questions

What key is Drifters And Trawlers in?

Drifters And Trawlers by The Good, The Bad & The Queen is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in Drifters And Trawlers?

Drifters And Trawlers uses 5 chords: D, E, A, F#m, C#.

What is the chord progression of Drifters And Trawlers?

The main progression is D – E – A – D (IV – V – I – IV).

Is Drifters And Trawlers easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, D, G, Em, B (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo).

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