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Why Don’t We – Slow Down Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
Ebmaj7 Ab (2x)
(Hey)
Ebmaj7
Oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
Ab
Oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Ebmaj7      Ab
Oh oh, oh oh

[Verse 1]
Ebmaj7                      Ab
 Oh, I've been lying to myself
And I might know why
Ebmaj7              
 I miss the way you 
           Ab
 looked at me before
You left New York (Hey)
Ebmaj7                    Ab
 I’ve been tryin' to find help
'Cause I can’t deny
Ebmaj7               
 The way that I feel 
               Ab
 when I'm with you  
Oh, 
                          Ebmaj7
I'd do anything to save ya

[Pre-Chorus]
I think we need a 
                   Ab
little California 'cation
We took a shot at this but 
                Ebmaj7
maybe we're too wasted
It's hard to swallow but 
                Ab
I know we gotta chase it, oh

[Chorus]
Ebmaj7
Slow down
                             Ab
I think that we just need to slow 
down, slow down (Down, down)
Ebmaj7
Turn around
Things were so simple, 
        Ab
we were fallin', fallin'

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[Verse 2]
Ebmaj7           Eb
 See ya, I wanna see ya, ah
Ab
 I wish you weren’t so far 
 so I could see ya, ah
Ebmaj7                      Eb
 See the light, I wanna see the
        Ab
We were comfortable, we didn’t 
understand but now we know

[Pre-Chorus]
Ebmaj7             
 I think we need a 
                    Ab
 little California 'cation
We took a shot at this but 
                Ebmaj7
maybe we’re too wasted
It's hard to swallow but 
                Ab
I know we gotta chase it, oh

[Chorus]
Ebmaj7
Slow down
                             Ab
I think that we just need to slow 
down, slow down (Down, down)
Ebmaj7
Turn around
Eb                      
 Things were so simple, 
         Ab
 we were fallin', fallin'
Ebmaj7
Slow down
                             Ab
I think that we just need to slow 
down, slow down (Need to slow down, 
slow down, woah)
Ebmaj7
Turn around
Things were so simple, 
        Ab
we were fallin’, 
fallin' (Things were so simple, 
we be fallin' down)

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[Outro]
               Ebmaj7
Ee-yeah, yeah, yeah
           Ab
Oh-ooh-oh, oh
               Ebmaj7
Ee-yeah, yeah, yeah
           Ab
Oh-ooh-oh, oh
         Ebmaj7
Ee-yeah, yeah-eh
       Ab
Oh-ooh-oh, oh
         Ebmaj7
Ee-yeah, yeah-eh
              Ab
Oh-ooh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, woah

How to play Slow Down: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Slow Down by Why Don’t We on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Slow Down by Why Don’t We is built around E♭ major (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭), with 3 chords in all: Ebmaj7, Ab and Eb.

The backbone of the song is Ab – Ebmaj7 – Eb – Ab (IV – Imaj7 – I – IV in E♭ major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – doh – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes Dmaj7, G, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.