Jul142023

The Skin Imps – Cheers Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are chords by The Skin Imps on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Bb

[Verse 1]
Bb                     F
Making your way in the world today
        Bb               F
Takes everything you've got
Bb                   F
Taking a break from all
your worries
Bb                 F
Sure would help a lot
Ab           G
Wouldn't you like to
     Cm      A  Bb  C
get away?

[Verse 2]
Bb
All those nights when
         F
you've got no lights
         Bb              F
And the check is in the mail
Bb               F
And your little angel hung the
 Bb             F
Cat up by its tail
Ab               G
And your third fiance
         Cm      F
 didn't show

[Chorus 1]
F                     Bb
Sometimes you want to go
          Ab
Where everybody knows
       Eb   F  G  A
 your name
Bb             Ab
And they’re always
           Eb  F  G  A
 glad you came
Dm                   Eb
You want to be where you can see
      Dm                   Eb
Your troubles are all the same
Dm                    Eb
You want to be where everybody
  F          Bb
knows your name

Bb     Bb

[Verse 3]
Bb                             F
Roll out of bed, Mr. Coffee's dead
         Bb              F
And the morning's looking bright
(Mornings looking bright)
Bb                    F
And your shrink ran off to Europe
        Bb           F
and he didn't even write
Ab                G
Now your husband wants
         Cm
to be a girl.
 (Fanny! What's wrong
with that?)

[Chorus 2]
F
Be glad there’s one place
         Bb
in the world
          Ab
Where everybody knows
        Eb   F  G  A
your name
Bb             Ab
And they’re always
             Eb  F  G  A
 glad you came
Dm                   Eb
You want to be where you can see
      Dm                   Eb
Your troubles are all the same
Dm                    Eb
You want to be where everybody
  F          Bb
 knows your name

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

[Solo]
Bb   Ab  Eb   F  G  A
Bb   Ab  Eb   F
 G  A  F#  Ab  Bb  B

[Chorus 3]
B            A
Where everybody knows
        E    F#  Ab  Bb
your name
B            A
And they’re always
          E    F#  Ab  Bb
glad you came
B            A
       Everybody knows
        E    F#  Ab  Bb
your name
B            A
And they’re always
          E    F#  Ab  Bb
glad you came
B            A
       Everybody knows
       E    F#  Ab  Bb
your name
B            A
And they’re always
           E    F#  Ab  Bb
glad you came
B            A
       Everybody knows
       E    F#  Ab  Bb
 your name
B            A
And they’re always glad
       E    F#  Ab  Bb
you came

Ebm                   E
You want to be where you can see
     Ebm                    E
Your troubles are all the same
Ebm
You want to be  where
 E         F#         B
 everybody knows your name

How to play Cheers: key, chords and progression

Cheers by The Skin Imps is centred on E♭ major (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). The song uses 13 chords: Bb, F, Ab, G, Cm, A, C, Eb, Dm, F#, B and E and 1 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F# – Ab – Bb – B (♭III – IV – V – ♭VI in E♭ major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bb, F, Ab, Cm and Eb are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.