The Menzingers – Farewell Youth Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

The Menzingers – Farewell Youth Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsBC#mEF#D#/EG#mC#

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This is the chords of Farewell Youth by The Menzingers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
B              C#m              E               F#
PA turnpike, northbound on a dark night
B                          C#m              E                          F#
Driving into Scranton for a difficult occasion
E                          D#/E              E                          C#m
When you first got your license we were nowhere to be found
E                          D#/E                           E              F#
I was just a little kid back then but you let me hang around
B
But we’re older now

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[Chorus]
F#                          G#m                          E
Farewell youth, I’m afraid I hardly got to know you
B                          F#                          E
I was always hanging out with the older kids
B                          F#                          G#m              E
Always in a rush, but I was never sure from what
B                                      F#                          E
I was always hanging out with the older kids

[Verse 2]
B                           C#m                          E                                      F#
The grief starts when bumping into friends turned acquaintances
B                                                  C#m
We stumble around the small talk
E                                      F#
We break the silence with Jameson
E                                                  D#/E
But once we were inseparable
E                                      C#m
We were the only punks in town
E                          D#/E                                      E                                      F#
We spent every weekend raisin’ hell in the basement of your parents house
B
But we’re older now

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[Chorus]
F# G#m E
Farewell youth, I’m afraid I hardly got to know you
B F# E
I was always hanging out with the older kids
B F# G#m E
Always in a rush, but I was never sure from what
B F# E
I was always hanging out with the older kids

[Bridge]
C#m E
In someone’s apartment, getting fked up
B G#m
To all our favorite records, drinking the cheap stuff
C#m E
We couldn’t get enough of growing up
E D#/E E C#
I saw my childhood flash before me in the death of your closed eyes
E D#/E E F#
At your Irish wake we celebrate by trying not to cry

[Chorus]
B F# G#m E
Farewell youth, I’m afraid I hardly got to know you
B F# E
I was always hanging out with the older kids
B F# G#m E
Always in a rush, but I was never sure from what
B F# E
I was always hanging out with the older kids

[Outro]
B F#
Farewell youth
G#m E
Farewell youth
B F# G#m E
Farewell youth, I’m afraid I hardly got to know you
B F#
Farewell youth
G#m E
Farewell youth
B F# G#m E
Farewell youth, I’m afraid I hardly got to know you
B F# E
Because I was always hanging out with the older kids

How to play Farewell Youth: key, chords and progression

Farewell Youth by The Menzingers is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). The song uses 7 chords: B, C#m, E, F#, D#/E, G#m and C#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is B – F# – G#m – E (I – V – vi – IV in B major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Am, C, D, B, Em, A (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 14% 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
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
D# chord on guitar (x68886)
D♯D♯ G A♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
C# chord on guitar (x46664)
C♯C♯ E♯ G♯

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Farewell Youth chords: questions

What key is Farewell Youth in?

Farewell Youth by The Menzingers is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in Farewell Youth?

Farewell Youth uses 7 chords: B, C#m, E, F#, D#/E, G#m, C#.

What is the chord progression of Farewell Youth?

The main progression is B – F# – G#m – E (I – V – vi – IV), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs.

Is Farewell Youth easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Am, C, D, B, Em, A (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 14% without a capo).

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