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Waterparks – Brainwashed Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsB C#m A E

KeyKeyCapo

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[Verse 1]
B                C#m
What’s up, hello, I’m tryna meet ya'
A                   E
Shocked at the words coming
from my tongue
B               C#m
A language that I’m not
          A     E
familiar (Oh oh oh)
B                   C#m
Don’t take it away, I wanna play,
when did the time fly?
A               E
Hoping to play, hoping you'll
stay in the daylight
B             C#m
But honestly, I feel insane
A                       E
It’s only been a couple days

[Chorus]
                   B
I’m having all the same
          C#m
thoughts, can't stop
A                   E
Thinking you got me brainwashed
    B            C#m
I’m see-through, need you
A                     E
Why do I think you’re so cool
B                  C#m
Everything's clean except
for my thoughts
    A                 E
I’m thinking about me getting you off
B                   C#m
Rest of the week, I stay
at your house
A                         E
I don’t wanna leave, it’s freaking
        B     C#m
me out (Oh oh oh)
A                         E
I don’t wanna leave, it’s freaking
        B     C#m A     E
me out (Oh oh oh, Oh oh oh)

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[Verse 2]
B               C#m
Why am I acting like that?
                A
My day’s fucked till you
        E
finally wanna text back
           B
I put some extra on my
          C#m
laugh when you say things
                A
Are you really that funny,
   E
or am I hallucinating?
B
I'm slipping away
C#m
Living the life,
open the flood gates
A                 E
Giving you space, give me
your face at the same time
B                    C#m
It’s like my brain isn’t mine
                       A
You moved into my mind
                E
Drop your bags, turn the blinds

[Chorus]
                   B
I’m having all the same
          C#m
thoughts, can't stop
A                   E
Thinking you got me brainwashed
    B            C#m
I’m see-through, need you
A                     E
Why do I think you’re so cool
B                  C#m
Everything's clean except
for my thoughts
    A                 E
I’m thinking about me getting
you off
B                   C#m
Rest of the week, I stay
at your house
A
I don’t wanna leave,
     E                B     C#m
it’s freaking me out (Oh oh oh)
A                         E
I don’t wanna leave, it’s freaking
        B     C#m A     E
me out (Oh oh oh, Oh oh oh)

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[Bridge]
B                 C#m
You said you feel so cool
          A
I’m like “Do you wanna keep
      E
me on lock though?”, yeah
B           C#m            A
Symmetrical feelings match best
         E
when I’m staring at the ceiling
B                 C#m
You said you feel so cool
          A
I’m like “Do you wanna keep
      E
me on lock though?”, yeah
B           C#m            A
Symmetrical feelings match best
         E
when I’m staring at the ceiling

[Chorus]
                   B
I’m having all the same
          C#m
thoughts, can't stop
A                   E
Thinking you got me brainwashed
    B            C#m
I’m see-through, need you
A                     E
Why do I think you’re so cool
B                  C#m
Everything's clean except
for my thoughts
    A                 E
I’m thinking about me getting
you off
B                   C#m
Rest of the week, I stay
at your house
A
I don’t wanna leave,
     E                B     C#m
it’s freaking me out (Oh oh oh)
A
I don’t wanna leave,
     E
it’s freaking me out
 B     C#m A     E
(Oh oh oh, Oh oh oh)

How to play Brainwashed: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Brainwashed by Waterparks on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Brainwashed by Waterparks is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 4 chords: B, C#m, A and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is B – C#m – A – E (V – vi – IV – I in E major), a rotation of the “four-chord” pop progression (I–V–vi–IV). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes A, Bm, G, D (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.