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The Menzingers – London Drugs Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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

[Intro]
C Am F C G x2

[Chorus]
C Am
What’s it gonna take to fix me up?
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs
C Am
Every time I’m with you I take too much
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs
Am G
Every once in a while when I’m in denial
F C
I wind up doing something I don’t want to do
Am
What’s it gonna take to fix me up?
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs
C Am F C G x2

[Verse 1]
F G
On a rainy night in SoHo
C Am
The wind was whistling all its charms
F G
I think we overstayed our welcome
C Am
They’re giving us the look at the argyll arms
F G
You happened to notice my anxious commotion
Em Am
As my heart bled through my shirt
F G
I’ve been a little heavy handed keepin’ it at work

[Chorus]
C Am
What’s it gonna take to fix me up?
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs
C Am
Every time I’m with you I take too much
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs
Am G
Every once in a while when I’m in denial
F C
I wind up doing something I don’t want to do
C Am
What’s it gonna take to fix me up?
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs

[Verse 2]
F G
My anxiety can sleep easy
C Am
The show was everything I hoped it would be
F G
And now we’re sitting in the back of the theater
C Am
Binging everything that’s left to drink
F
‘Cause in a moment it’s over
G
The high and the thrill
Em Am
Then I’m leaving here so unfulfilled
F G
Well if I don’t change now I never will

[Chorus]
C Am
What’s it gonna take to fix me up?
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs
C Am
Every time I’m with you I take too much
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs
Am G
Every once in a while when I’m in denial
F C
I wind up doing something I don’t want to do
C Am
What’s it gonna take to fix me up?
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs
C Am

[Outro]
F C G C Am
What’s it gonna take to fix me up?
F C G C Am
I don’t want your London drugs
F C G C Am
‘Cause every time I’m with you I take too much
F C G
I don’t want your London drugs
C Am
What’s it gonna take to fix me up?
F C
I don’t want your London drugs

How to play London Drugs: key, chords and progression

London Drugs by The Menzingers sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 5 chords to play it: C, Am, F, G and Em.

Most of the song cycles through C – Am – F – C (I – vi – IV – I in C major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

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