Will Wood – Half-Decade Hangover Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Will Wood – Half-Decade Hangover Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are the chords for Half-Decade Hangover by Will Wood on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
C7 G

[Verse]
Em            A7
Wonder how I didn’t die
 C              Cm              G
This is not my life. I’m no survivor,
        D       B7     Em
I only happened to survive.
               A7
Wonder how I sleep at night
        C
Well I count pink elephants,
blessings and skeletons,
D7
Down the days I have left,
with one eye open
  G
That was me screaming
             G7
“bitch I am reality”
                       C
Then stumbling off to lose myself
       A7
in a brown paper bag, ‘cause me and
  G                         B
Sweet Evan Williams have a date
              Em         Emmaj7
down on Avenue A staving shakes
          Em7            Em6
scraping change till daybreak
           A
Turns out anyone can eat out the trash
         D
Then wake up on the freeway mid-crash

[Chorus]
        G
I was drunk
                D
When I made my bed
              D7
Now with the half-decade hangover
        C     G
I lay down in it
 C7          G
What have I done?
                      D
Don’t know what I’ve said?
            D7
It’s a half-decade hungover
        B7               Em
Either this, in jail or dead
        C
It’s a half-decade hungover
       Cm                 G
Jesus Christ, my aching head

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[Verse]
Em                   A7
Waste not, want not borrowed time
C                  Cm
Lender knows I’ve tried
            G
To make it right,
              D       B7
give back my life and if not
 Em
Take it ‘cause lately
I’ve been thinking maybe I could
            A7
Take it or leave it if
I can’t at least break even
then I’m leaving when
        C
I been feelin’ this awful
since I hit bottom then
 D7
said “hand me my shovel,
man, I’m going in!”
     G
Oh brother -man,
                 G7
you call that recovered?
              C
Tripped on a couple steps,
        A7
and collapsed on the stairs
          G
Broke my neck on the backs of
          B7
those who I’ve hurt and scared
             Em           Emmaj7
Like it’s a good thing you said
                  Em7         Em6
“you’ve got your whole life ahead”
            A7
Oh great, another half
a century to live to regret
            D7
I’d rather be anybody else instead

[Chorus]
               G
‘Cause I was drunk
                D
When I made my bed
              D7
Now with the half-decade hangover
        C     G
I lay down in it
 C7          G
What have I done?
                      D
Don’t know what I’ve said?
            D7
It’s a half-decade hungover
        B7               Em
Either this, in jail or dead
        C
It’s a half-decade hungover
       Cm                 G
Jesus Christ, my aching head

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[Bridge]
Em  C7  C  Cm  G  B  Em  A7  C  D
 G
Sober, but still so
                 G7
much still hangs over.
                          C
Please believe me when I say I’ve
                 C7
poured my whole past down the drain
         D7
Say that a second chance
       B
is a chance I can take
       Em        Emmaj7
But I can’t make amends
          Em7         Em6
for things I don’t remember
             A7
I can only say “I’m sorry”
        B7
and occasionally pray
             Em           Emmaj7
Guess you’ll just have to take
   Em7             Em6
my word that I’ve changed
      D7
After one thousand eight
           D
hundred twenty five days

[Chorus]
        G
I was drunk
                D
When I made my bed
              D7
Now with the half-decade hangover
        C     G
I lay down in it
 C7          G
What have I done?
                      D
Don’t know what I’ve said?
            D7
It’s a half-decade hungover
        B7        Em
Hand me my ibuprofen
        C
It’s a half-decade hungover
       Cm                  G
Jesus Christ, my aching head

How to play Half-Decade Hangover: key, chords and progression

Half-Decade Hangover by Will Wood is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 15 chords: C7, G, Em, A7, C, Cm, D, B7, D7, G7, B and Emmaj7 and 3 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – Emmaj7 – Em7 – Em6 (vi – vi – vi7 – vi6 in G major). In solfa, that is lah – lah – lah – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Cm, B, Emmaj7 and Em6 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.

Chord diagrams

C7 chord on guitar (x32310)
C7C E G B♭
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
A7 chord on guitar (x02020)
A7A C♯ E G
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Cm chord on guitar (x35543)
CmC E♭ G
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
B7 chord on guitar (x21202)
B7B D♯ F♯ A
D7 chord on guitar (xx0212)
D7D F♯ A C
G7 chord on guitar (320001)
G7G B D F
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
Emmaj7 chord on guitar (021000)
Emmaj7E G B D♯
Em7 chord on guitar (020000)
Em7E G B D
Em6 chord on guitar (022020)
Em6E G B C♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E

Half-Decade Hangover chords: questions

What key is Half-Decade Hangover in?

Half-Decade Hangover by Will Wood is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯).

What chords are in Half-Decade Hangover?

Half-Decade Hangover uses 15 chords: C7, G, Em, A7, C, Cm, D, B7, D7, G7, B, Emmaj7 and 3 more.

What is the chord progression of Half-Decade Hangover?

The main progression is Em – Emmaj7 – Em7 – Em6 (vi – vi – vi7 – vi6).

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