This is the chord progression of 5000000000 Years by DecembeRadio on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Intro] CDmBbFx2
[Verse 1] CDm
Don’t do it, don’t give it up BbF
Don’t hide your love away CDm
Take stone and break it up BbF
No past will ever change
[Verse 2] CDm
5 billion years left in this sky BbF
92 years for you and I C
You give me yours Dm
I’ll give you mine BbF
Stumbling through our only time
[Chorus] C
And I’ll be holding you to it Dm
Holding you to it Bb
Holding you to it F
Holding you to it C
Yeah, I’ll be holding you to it Dm
Holding you to it Bb
Holding you to it F
Holding you to it C
Yeah, I’ll be holding you to it
[Outro] CDmBbFx3
How to play 5000000000 Years: key, chords and progression
5000000000 Years by Whitaker is in the key of F major (one flat: B♭). The song uses 4 chords: C, Dm, Bb and F.
The progression the song keeps returning to is C – Dm – Bb – F (V – vi – IV – I in F 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 3rd 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.
