How to play What Are You So Afraid Of: key, chords and progression
What Are You So Afraid Of by XXXTENTACION is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 3 chords: F, G and C.
The progression the song keeps returning to is F – G – C – F (IV – V – I – IV in C major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – doh – fah. 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 D, E, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
