Jul282018

Tom Odell – Jubilee Road Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

KeyKeyCapo

View

This is the chord progression of Jubilee Road by Tom Odell on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F C F C Am D G
F C F C Am D G

[Verse 1]
F C F C Am D G
It’s a late Friday night, the street lamps are shining up in my– bedroom.
F C F C Am D G
There’s a mighty big fight between the thunder and lightning, I wonder who– will lose.
E7 Am F G
There’s a party balloon and I ain’t been invited.
E7 Am F G
Hey, look at that moon, there ain’t nothing like it.
C E7 F D
All grey and gold
C G F C F C
Down on Jubilee Road.

[Verse 2]
F C F C Am D G
Can see Mr. Bouvier, in his two-bedroom basement in his purple dungarees.
F C F C Am D G
He’s grumpy and he’s grey, always sweeping off the pavement cigarettes and leaves.
E7 Am F G
His kid’s up in China and his wife’s up in heaven.
E7 Am F G
Always I wave, ‘cause he’s got this expression
C E7 F D
That he’s so– alone
C G F C F C
Down on Jubilee Road.

[Refrain]
Am D G C
Oh– I think tomorrow night I will knock on his door and hear all about his life,
E7 Am Bb
Because I think that’s the kind of thing that I might like when I’m old,
F
When I’m old.

[Verse 3]
F C F C Am D G
There’s Max and there’s Maude in the house by the station, call them my– best friends.
F C F C Am D G
But he drinks like a horse, and she don’t appreciate it, all this money he seems to spend.
E7 Am F G
I can hear them tonight; he can’t find no vocation.
E7 Am F G
And the neighbours they sigh, at that new generation
C E7 Am D
Just getting stoned
C G F C F C
Down on Jubilee Road.

[Refrain]
Am D G C
Oh, I think in the summertime I will call you up make everything alright,
E7 Am Bb
And we’ll fill up our cups with that bitter wine, and I’ll show you,
F
I’ll show you..

[Verse 4]
F C F C Am D G
The mice are still here, your wardrobe’s still empty, and the walls are still paper thin.
F C F C Am D G
And the neighbours my dear, well I think they still hate me for all these songs I endlessly sing.
E7 Am F G
Because it ain’t no perfect street, I ain’t no perfect lover,
E7 Am F G
And life it is brief, I don’t think we get no other.
C E7 Am D
Come back home,
C G Am D
Down on Jubilee Road.
C G F C
Down on Jubilee Road.

For corrections please use the comment box below.

How to play Jubilee Road: key, chords and progression

Jubilee Road by Tom Odell sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 7 chords to play it: F, C, Am, D, G, E7 and Bb.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – F – C – Am (I – IV – I – vi in C major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: on guitar, F and Bb need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.