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Fontaines D.C – Black Boys On Mopeds Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsD A G

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[Verse 1]
D            A       G
Margaret Thatcher on TV
               D          
Shocked by the deaths that
      A          G
 took place in Beijing
      D               
Seems strange that she
 A          G
 should be offended
         D          A       G
The same orders are given by her

D         A          G
I've said this before now
               D           
You said I was childish and 
 A            G
you'll say it now
D    A         G
Remember what I told you
    D         A       
If they hated me, they 
     G
will hate you

[Chorus]
                  D        A   
England's not the mythical land
   G
 of Madame George and roses
         D       A          
It's the home of police who 
    G
kill black boys on mopeds
     D        A       G
And I love my boy, and that's
 why I'm leaving
         D               A       
I don't want him to be aware that
         G
 there's any such thing as grieving

[Verse 2]
D            A            G
Young mother down at Smith Field,
5 a.m.
D           A           G
Looking for food for her kids
       D              A         G
In her arms she holds three cold babies
        D               A   
And the first word that they 
             G
learned was "Please"

D         A        G
These are dangerous days
                D      
To say what you feel is 
    A            G
to dig your own grave
D    A         G
Remember what I told you
       D           A     
If you were of the world 
          G
they would love you

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[Chorus]
                  D        A   
England's not the mythical land
   G
 of Madame George and roses
         D       A         
It's the home of police who
     G
 kill black boys on mopeds
     D        A       G
And I love my boy, and that's
 why I'm leaving
         D               A   
I don't want him to be aware 
             G
that there's any such
 thing as grieving

How to play Black Boys On Mopeds: key, chords and progression

These are Black Boys On Mopeds chords by Fontaines D.c for Piano and Ukulele.

To play Black Boys On Mopeds by Fontaines D.C, think in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). It takes 3 chords: D, A and G.

The backbone of the song is D – A – G – D (I – V – IV – I in D major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – fah – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.