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Dean Lewis – Enjoy It While It Lasts Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G    G  C  G

[Verse]
G  C        G   C      G
  How’s it feel to be lonely?
 C                Em           
Wishing you could fix something 
           C        G
that you know you won’t
      C      G       
Just look around you, 
      C        G
you take for granted
C         Em           C   
Even the very legs on which 
      G
you walk

[Pre-Chorus]
       Em       C       G  
Oh oh, I can’t stop to feel 
             D/F#
the summer breeze
       Em       C         
Oh oh, I’m too lost to see 
      G              D/F#
the forest from the trees

[Chorus]
         C       G    
So, you gotta enjoy it 
  D        Em
while it lasts
        G             C  
’Cause these are the best
       D       G
 days that we have
       C        G        D        Em
‘Cause in this life you can’t go back
         G       C      D        G
So, you gotta enjoy it while it lasts


[Verse]
            C          C       G
You’re not here, never in the moment
 C            Em               
‘Cause you’re too caught up in 
   C     G
tomorrowland
           Em  D      G
But don’t give up my friend
        C               D
You can always start again

[Chorus]
         C       G      D        Em
So, you gotta enjoy it while it lasts
        G             C   
’Cause these are the best 
      D       G
days that we have
       C        G        D        Em
‘Cause in this life you can’t go back
         G       C      D        G
So, you gotta enjoy it while it lasts

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[Bridge]
 G       C
(Oh!)
                Em           
I revel in this moment as the 
                    Bm
rain comes pouring down
                    C
I know that I will make 
it out this fcking town
                     Em        
I can see beyond the mountains,
                     Bm
 blue horizons all around
                         D
And I know that I won’t waste it
so don’t waste it

[Chorus]
         C       G      D        Em
So, you gotta enjoy it while it lasts
        G             C   
’Cause these are the best 
      D       G
days that we have
       C        G        D        Em
‘Cause in this life you can’t go back
         G       C      D        G
So, you gotta enjoy it while it lasts

How to play Enjoy It While It Lasts: key, chords and progression

These are Enjoy It While It Lasts chords by Dean Lewis for Piano and Ukulele.

Enjoy It While It Lasts by Dean Lewis is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 6 chords: G, C, Em, D/F#, D and Bm.

The backbone of the song is C – G – D – Em (IV – I – V – vi in G major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.