Sep22018

Troye Sivan – Seventeen Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsE F#m A

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This is the chord progression of Seventeen by Troye Sivan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
E    F#m    A
I got these beliefs that I think you wanna break
E       F#m          A
Got something here to lose that I think you wanna take from me
E    F#m    A
You say that I’m asleep but I wanna be awake
E          F#m       A
Got something here to lose that I know you wanna take

[Pre-Chorus]
E F#m
And he said age is just a number, just like any other
A
We can do whatever, do whatever you want
E
Boy becomes a man now
F#m
Can’t tell a man to slow down
A
He’ll just do whatever, do whatever he wants

[Verse 2]
F#m          A
You should know I’m green but I’ll find my way around
E          F#m       A
Heard the whispers, now let’s see what all the talk’s about
E       F#m       A
I’m taking in the sights and measuring the sounds
E          F#m       A
Heard the whispers, now let’s see what all the talk’s about
[Pre-Chorus]
E             F#m
And he said age is just a number, just like any other
A
We can do whatever, do whatever you want
E
Boy becomes a man now
F#m
Can’t tell a man to slow down
A
He’ll just do whatever, do whatever he wants

[Bridge]
E F#m
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
A
Seventeen, seventeen, seventeen
E F#m
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
A
Seventeen, seventeen, seventeen

[Chorus]
E             F#m
I went out looking for love when I was seventeen
A
Maybe a little too young, but it was real to me
E          F#m
And in the heat of the night, saw things I’d never seen
A       E
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, seventeen
F#m
I went out looking for love when I was seventeen
A
Maybe a little too young, but it was real to me
E             F#m
And in the heat of the night, saw things I’d never seen
A       E
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, seventeen

[Outro]
E F#m
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
A
Seventeen, seventeen, seventeen
E F#m
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
A
Seventeen, seventeen, seventeen
E F#m A

How to play Seventeen: key, chords and progression

Seventeen by Troye Sivan is built around E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), with 3 chords in all: E, F#m and A.

Listen for E – F#m – A – E (I – ii – IV – I in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – reh – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, Em, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.