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Waterparks – Self-Sabotage Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsE F#D A

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[Intro]
E       F#      D         A
E       F#      D

[Verse 1]
E       F#              D
When we talk, I'm never wrong
E               F#
And if we don't fight,
              D
it won't last long
E            F#          D
Might unplug my phone at night
E                F#
When you need me most,
               D
I'll miss that flight

[Pre-Chorus 1]
      E
It's avoidable,
F#           D          A
I'll destroy chances to be
E           F#      D
Better than I was before you and me
    E            F#
Now we're at the part where
       D             A
you'll hate what you see
                            D
What the fuck is wrong with me?

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[Chorus]
E         F#
I'm on my way to you,
D          A
but I self-sabotage
E          F#
So I might drive my car and
D
crash into your garage, ooh
E       F#
To get away from you,
D         A
I'll self-sabotage
E           F#
If you like when we talk,
     D
I'll dislocate my jaw, ooh

[Post-Chorus]
E        F#            D
What the fuck is wrong with me?
 A
(Yeah, yeah)
E        F#            D
What the fuck is wrong with me?
(Yеah, yeah)

[Verse 2]
E             F#
I'll piss you off and
           D     A
ask what's wrong
E                 F#
And your reason's not
     D
good enough, no, no
E      F#              D   A
I want this to work so bad
E     F#                D
But I want what I can't havе, no

[Pre-Chorus 2]
E              F#
Make plans and break
        D            A
them to see what you say
E             F#
And I'll be upset when
       D
you're mad for the day
       E          F#
'Cause you put on makeup
    D            A
and I'm still in bed
                            D
What the fuck is wrong with me?

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[Chorus]
E         F#
I'm on my way to you,
D          A
but I self-sabotage
E          F#
So I might drive my car and
D
crash into your garage, ooh
E       F#
To get away from you,
D         A
I'll self-sabotage
E           F#
If you like when we talk,
     D
I'll dislocate my jaw, ooh

[Post-Chorus]
E        F#            D
What the fuck is wrong with me?
 A
(Yeah, yeah)
E        F#            D
What the fuck is wrong with me?
(Yеah, yeah)

[Chorus]
E         F#
I'm on my way to you,
D          A
but I self-sabotage
E          F#
So I might drive my car and
D
crash into your garage, ooh
E       F#
To get away from you,
D         A
I'll self-sabotage
E           F#
If you like when we talk,
I'll dislocate my jaw, ooh

[Post-Chorus]
E        F#            D
What the fuck is wrong with me?
 A
(Yeah, yeah)
E        F#            D
What the fuck is wrong with me?
(Yеah, yeah)
E        F#            D
What the fuck is wrong with me?
 A
(Yeah, yeah)
N.C.                        D
What the fuck is wrong with me?

How to play Self-Sabotage: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Self-Sabotage by Waterparks on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Self-Sabotage by Waterparks is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: E, F#, D and A.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – E – F# – D (I – II – III – I in D major). In solfa, that is doh – reh – mi – 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 D, E, C, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.