Nov152024

Tyler Braden – How It Starts Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG C Em D

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[Intro]
G
  (That's how it
 starts when it
ends)


[Verse 1]
G
She put clothes in a
suitcase, I put Jack
 in a soda
G
She got the TV,
and I
 got the sofa
       C
And it hit me for
the
 first time,
which one
of us gets our
 friends?
I guess that's
 how it
starts when
   G
it ends
G
(That's how
it starts
 when it ends)

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[Verse 2]
G
Lot of quiet in the
livin' room,
no red wine in
the kitchen
G
Lot of space in
 this king-size,
a lot of somethin'
missin'
        C
And I'm stuck here
 getting used
to no sleep and an
 empty bed
I guess that's
 how it starts


[Chorus]
        G
When it ends
G
It's hell on
a heart
G
It's long, lonely
 nights in the
 neon dark
C
Whole lot of
 hole-in-the-wall
 dive bars
C
Yeah, I guess
that's how it
starts
        G
When it ends
G
It's hidin' the
 hard
G
Swearin' you're
 fine, and
G
Knowin' you
 aren't
       C
It's a whole lot
of fallin' apart
If that's how
   Em
it starts
when it ends,
hell, I hope it
 don't
           G
end how it starts
G
(Hope it don't end
 how it starts)


[Verse 2]
G
Just when I think
 I'm
on the backside
of hurtin'
G
One of those songs
comes on, and the
 whiskey stops workin'
        C
And I'm right
back at
 square one, my
 movin' on do'n't
come undone again
I guess that's
how it starts


[Chorus]
        G
When it ends
G
It's hell on a
 heart
G
It's long,
 lonely
 nights in the
 neon dark
C
Whole lot of
hole-in-the-wall
dive bars
C
Yeah, I guess
that's how it
starts
        G
When it ends
G
It's hidin'
 the hard
G
Swearin' you're
 fine, and
G
Knowin' you aren't
       C
It's a whole lot
 of
fallin' apart
If that's how
   Em
it starts
 when it ends,
        D
hell, I hope it
 don't
            Em
 end how it starts


[Bridge]
Hell, I hope
 I'll stay
     D
this broken
Hope it gets to
 goin'
better than
     C
it's goin'
Yeah, I hope, yeah,
 I hope,
 yeah, I hope I
 ain't always hopin'


[Guitar Solo]
G         C  Em  D
   Yeah-yay


[Chorus]
        G
When it ends
G
It's hell on
a heart
G
It's long, lonely
 nights in the
 neon dark
C
Whole lot of
hole-in-the-wall
 dive bars
C
Yeah, I guess
 that's how it
 starts
        G
When it ends
G
It's hidin' the
 hard
G
Swearin' you're
fine, and
G
Knowin' you
aren't
       C
It's a whole lot
of fallin' apart
If that's how
   Em
it starts
when it ends,
 hell,
I hope it don't
    Em     G
end how it starts

[Outro]
G     C   Em

How to play How It Starts: key, chords and progression

How It Starts by Tyler Braden is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 4 chords: G, C, Em and D.

Most of the song cycles through C – G – C – Em (IV – I – IV – vi in G major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – lah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.