Feb102018

The Wombats – White Eyes Chord Progression on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard

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This is the chord progression of White Eyes by The Wombats on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
Em Bm A
I don’t know how to deal with these New York City blues
Em Bm A
It’s not much of a weekend, there’s one of me and all of you
Em Bm A
I’m somewhere in the hotel, I’m scrambling in the dark
Em Bm A
But you turned on the sprinklers and now I think I’m in a waterpark

[Pre-Chorus]
C A
You bleach my heart, you do

[Chorus]
Em D
My white eyes don’t care about the opening lines
A Em
No matter how hard I try
D A
I need you the most, I need you the most
Em D
I slipped and missed, a kink in the arithmetic
A Em
But baby, who you going home with?
D A
I need you the most, I need you the most

[Verse 2]
Em Bm A
Sometimes I feel the tension, you’re the coldest form of warm
Em Bm A
It’s hard to keep my chin up when my guts are lying on the floor
Em Bm A
I let you chew the red parts and eat my mind like a cake
Em Bm A
11 times round the block and you’re the only drugs I wanna take

[Pre-Chorus]
C A
You clean my heart, you do

[Pre-Chorus]
C A
You clean my heart, you do
C A
But still it twists like a Rubix cube
C A
You, you turn the oceans into streams
C A
You, you take in the best, the best of me

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How to play White Eyes: key, chords and progression

White Eyes by The Wombats is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 5 chords: Em, Bm, A, C and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – Em – D – A (V – ii – I – V in D major). In solfa, that is soh – reh – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.