Waterparks – Closer Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Waterparks – Closer Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsBEG#mF#F#m

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[Intro]
B

[Verse 1]
B                 E
Nothing stays the same
B                       E
I feel love a different way
B                    E
So I contemplate the change
B
I got my space but what'd
   E
 I pay for you?

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[Pre-Chorus]
        B
Cause I love you, or I want to,
 but I don't know how
          E
Because I need to really
 feel you, but we're
 running around
          B
Because I love you, or
I want to, is it easy now?
         E
You only hit me in the
evening when
I'm all stressed out
[Chorus]
           B
I need you closer
             E
Or I need it over
                B
Either need you closer
             E
Or I need it over

[Post-Chorus]
B E
B E

[Verse 2]
B                           E
There's nothing left to let go
B                     E
It's the darkest afterglow
B                E
Maybe in another life
B                    E
We can try to get us right,
 no, no, no

[Pre-Chorus]
        B
Cause I love you,
 or I want to,
but I don't know how
          E
Because I need to really
 feel you, but we're
running around
          B
Because I love you, or
I want to, is it easy now?
         E
You only hit me in the
evening when
I'm all stressed out

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[Chorus]
           B
I need you closer
             E
Or I need it over
                B
Either need you closer
             E
Or I need it over

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Bridge]
                 G#m
Cause you're the holiday
 F#    E
I celebrate too late
           G#m
You're the eyes I gave
 F#           E
 up trying to captivate
           G#m
You're the song that
   F#              E
I loved, but then overplayed
            G#m    F#        E
And I'm the b-side throwaway
           G#m
I hope you never rain
   F#    E
 on my charade
           G#m
The lonely one I
       F#      E
let myself create
         G#m
I got my space but
  F#       E
 what'd I pay?
I've been fcked so much
       G#m        F#m
that I no longer wait
      E
I sabotage and break my
 own heart just in case

[Pre-Chorus]
          G#m
So yeah I loved you,
 or I tried to, but
   F#
 I don't know how
        E
Used to need you, and
 feel you,
but we ran it all down
        G#m
Cause I loved you, or
                       F#
I tried to, can we be easy now?
           E
Or will it kill me,
on the evening,
that I let you down?

[Chorus]
           G#m
I need you closer
             E
Or I need it over
                G#m
Either need you closer
             E
Or I need it over

How to play Closer: key, chords and progression

These are Closer chords by Waterparks on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Closer by Waterparks is built around B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯), with 5 chords in all: B, E, G#m, F# and F#m.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – G#m – F# – E (IV – vi – V – IV in B major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, D, Dm (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯

Closer chords: questions

What key is Closer in?

Closer by Waterparks is centred on B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in Closer?

Closer uses 5 chords: B, E, G#m, F#, F#m.

What is the chord progression of Closer?

The main progression is E – G#m – F# – E (IV – vi – V – IV).

Is Closer easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, D, Dm (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo).

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