Gorillaz – The Sad God Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Gorillaz – The Sad God Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are The Sad God chords by Gorillaz for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
D A Bm Gm

[Verse 1]
            D               A
I gave you love to fill old glory
            Bm                   D
I gave you dreams, you wrote the story
            D                       A
I gave you white sails to reach the sun
             G                 Gm
I gave you atoms, you built a bomb
              D                  A
Now there is nothing and I have gone
          Bm                D
No more mountains, no more song
         D                    D
No more prayers sent up into space
      G                       Gm
Only screens left to see your face

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[Verse 2]
       D
Yeah, I got the intel through 
the inkwell you do well 
when you think well
     A
And people are more likely 
to try to give you hell
 when you bring hell
   Bm
It ain't got to begin well, 
but it's all well if it end well
     G
And then well, a man's still 
gotta mean well and intend well,
D
even in hell You were dating 

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misery's friend of
 a friend, girl
A
The guard fell and light broke
 through the hard shell 
of an incel
Bm
Trapped inside of a statue
 scratched vinyl in a back room
Gm
Accumulating in the vacuum
 and ruminating in the bathroom
D
Just an illustration in a
 tattoo blood moon,
 blue black moon
A
Even if they let me into heaven,
 I would pro'ly 
just move back soon
      Bm
That Dracula Nosferatu,
 ooh, la-la Sasson
G
Les Miserables, one little 
nod at you and I got you
D
Type shit to lay a clap track 
to I can't say it ain't factual
A
"The master remained natural"
 Should be the answer
 when they ask you
       Bm
Of my advantage the paradise
 you were handed like a pair of dice
Gm                             
And I'm living with uninhibited,
                          D D
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[Chorus]
            D                 A
I gave you blue skies, sweet fallacy
            Bm           D
I gave you poppies for malady
             D         
I gave you white cells,
     A
 you weaponised
             G      
I gave you garlands, 
                  Gm
you closed your eyes
     D
In paradise

[Outro]
D      A        Bm      D
I gave you blue skies
D       A      G   Gm
I gave you my life
     D
In paradise

[Outro]
D A Bm D
D A G Gm

How to play The Sad God: key, chords and progression

The Sad God by Gorillaz is built around D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), with 5 chords in all: D, A, Bm, Gm and G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Gm – D – A – Bm (iv – I – V – vi in D major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes A, E, F#m, Dm, D (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D

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The Sad God chords: questions

What key is The Sad God in?

The Sad God by Gorillaz is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in The Sad God?

The Sad God uses 5 chords: D, A, Bm, Gm, G.

What is the chord progression of The Sad God?

The main progression is Gm – D – A – Bm (iv – I – V – vi).

Is The Sad God easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes A, E, F#m, Dm, D (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo).

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