Oct192023

The Rare Occasions – Control Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsF#D E B

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These are Control chords by The Rare Occasions on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
F#              D
Little vulture, come
           E
 down from your nest
          F#
Until you catch your own
    D             E
 the world is not impressed
F#                    D
You built a culture of lies,
           E
a fortress fit for no other
F#               D
So is it any surprise when
          E
 there's shit to uncover?

[Instrument]
F#       B
F#       B

[Verse 2]
F#              D
Own the sonnets sweeping
               E
through their heads
         F#
Move the sand that blocks
     D                 E
 the roots you wish to spread
F#              D
All you need is control,
          E
 eyes at every corner
F#                  D
There’s nothing you couldn't
       E
 know, not a speck of disorder

[Bridge]
D         E       D        E
Buildings glisten all around
D         E       D        E
Cities rising from the ground
D         E       D        E
Buildings glisten all around
D         E       D        E
Cities rising from the ground

[Pre-chorus]
    F#        D
But I know the shape of
      E
 your heart
         F#       D
When you drag them out
     E
in the dark

[Chorus]
F#
Oh, paranoia led you to detain

More than a million getting
in your way

You feel that commerce pulsing
through your veins Ahhhhh
F#
Oh, paranoia led you to detain
More than a million
getting in your way
You feel that commerce pulsing
                    D      E
through your veins Ahhhhhh

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Verse 3]
F#              D
Little vulture, come down
      E
 from your nest
          F#
Until you catch your own
     D            E
the world is not impressed
F#                     D
You built a culture of lies,
                     E
 a fortress fit for no other
F#
So is it any surprise
         D
when it breaks,
                       E
it breaks, it breaks, it breaks?

[Outro]
      F#       D         E
And I know the weight of war
       F#       D         E
Said I know the weight of war
     F#      D      E
I've held it off before
F#           D        E
Still I cave, I cave, I cave
F#

How to play Control: key, chords and progression

Control by The Rare Occasions is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 4 chords: F#, D, E and B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F# – D – E – F# (II – ♭VII – I – II in E major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes E, C, D, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.