Apr52018

The Wonder Years – Heavens Gate Sad And Sober Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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THIS IS THE CHORD PROGRESSION OF Heavens Gate Sad And Sober BY Heavens Gate Sad And Sober ON PIANO, GUITAR, UKULELE AND KEYBOARD.

[Intro]
G Bm A

[Verse 1]
G
I’ve been thinking a lot about
G
When the furnace goes
Bm A
It’s the absence of heat that hurts more than the cold
G
And I got caught in the irony of walking alone
Bm A
Down an entire block that’s just funeral homes and the ground belo

[Chorus]
D
Sad and sober Sunday afternoon
G D Bbm
Sad and sober Sunday afternoon
Bm A
You disappear in fragments and phases of the moon
G D Bbm
Sad and sober Sunday afternoon
Bm A
You disappear in fragments and phases of the moon
G Bm A

[Verse 2]
G
I watched parts of you dissolve
Bm
Turn to ash and then get carried up
A
I watched your memory fade
G
Shadows burned into the wall
Bm
And no, I felt my lungs turn into atom bombs
A
Choke on the Florida heat until the oxygen’s gone

[Chorus]
G D Bbm
Sad and sober, Sunday afternoon
Bm A
You disappear in fragments and phases of the moon
G D Bbm
Sad and sober, Sunday afternoon
Bm A Em Bm
You disappear in fragments and phases of the moon
G D F#m
Or an empty room
Em Bm
Or the twelve-bar blues
G D F#m
Or a light in June

[Bridge]
Em Bm
You were a bandit, and I was a car wreck
G
You were the decades on my feet
D F#m
I was under purple blankets
Em Bm
You were a bandit, and I was a car wreck
G
You were the rifle on the wall
D F#m
And it was always gonna end

Em Bm
You were a bandit, and I was a car wreck
G
You were the false rain that falls
D F#m
From a window AC unit
Em Bm
You were a bandit, and I was a car wreck
G
You were the rifle on the wall
And it was always going to end like this

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How to play Heavens Gate Sad And Sober: key, chords and progression

Heavens Gate Sad And Sober by The Wonder Years keeps coming home to B minor (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 7 chords: G, Bm, A, D, Bbm, Em and F#m.

Listen for G – Bm – A – G (VI – i – VII – VI in B minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm, Bbm and F#m are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.