Apr162023

Waterparks – Ritual Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsAm C F E

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[Intro]
What if I want to have sex
 before I get married?
Well, I guess you just have
 to be prepared to die

[Verse]
Am
My inner child needs a bulletproof
            C
 vest and a phone that can't text
C
And twenty years rest
F
Build a bomb shelter,
bite a belt for the stress
      E
Never knowin' what's next, next
Am
Sleepin' with my clothes
                      C
on in case shit goes wrong
C
Gotta clear my front lawn off
F
Sleepin' with my clothes
                      E
 on in case shit goes wrong
E
Gotta clear my front lawn off

[Pre-Chorus]
Am                  C
Melatonin eyes feel hеavy tonight
        F
I could sleep for weeks
              E
 and speak in Z's
E
Don't look for me
Don't look for me

[Chorus]
Am
Thеy're killin' me when
     C
 I'm fast asleep
        F
Are you hearin' me when
              E
I say you're bleedin' me out?
                        Am
With all the things you don't say,
                     C
 I'm livin' fckin' betrayed
                F
Livin' like I'm dead
           E
and on my own
       Am       C
You're killin' me when
     F         E
I'm fast asleep
Like a ritual (Yeah)

[Verse]
Am
My inner child needs
 a bulletproof
            C
 vest and a phone
that can't text
C
And twenty years rest
F
Build a bomb shelter,
bite a belt for the stress
      E
Never knowin' what's next, next
Am
Sleepin' with my clothes

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                      C
on in case shit goes wrong
C
Gotta clear my front lawn off
F
Sleepin' with my clothes
                      E
 on in case shit goes wrong
E
Gotta clear my front lawn off

[Pre-Chorus]
Am                  C
Melatonin eyes feel hеavy
 tonight
        F
I could sleep for weeks
              E
and speak in Z's
E
Don't look for me
Don't look for me

[Chorus]
Am
Thеy're killin' me when
     C
I'm fast asleep
        F
Are you hearin' me when
              E
 I say you're bleedin' me out?
With all the things you
 Am
 don't say,
                      C
I'm livin' fckin' betrayed
                F
Livin' like I'm dead
           E
and on my own
       Am       C
You're killin' me when
     F         E
 I'm fast asleep
Like a ritual (Yeah)

[Interlude]
Am C
F E

[Verse]
Am
My inner child needs
 a bulletproof
            C
 vest and a phone
that can't text
C
And twenty years rest
F
Build a bomb shelter,
bite a belt for the stress
      E
Never knowin' what's next, next
Am
Sleepin' with my clothes
                      C
on in case shit goes wrong
C
Gotta clear my front lawn off
F
Sleepin' with my clothes
                      E
on in case shit goes wrong
E
Gotta clear my front lawn off

[Outro]
Am C F E

Shut the fck up

Am C F E

How to play Ritual: key, chords and progression

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

To play Ritual by Waterparks, think in A minor (no sharps or flats). It takes 4 chords: Am, C, F and E.

Listen for Am – C – F – E (i – III – VI – V in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: F is the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele it is simpler.