Gracie Abrams – This Is What The Drugs Are For Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Gracie Abrams – This Is What The Drugs Are For Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are This Is What The Drugs Are For chords by Gracie Abrams on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
Am  C  G
Am  C  G

[Verse 1]
Am       C                  G
 This is what the drugs are for
Am        C
 Turn the lights off
        G
on the comedown
Am       C         G
 I still get emotional
Am      C
 When I think about
      G
 your old house

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[Refrain]
F              G
Hopefully, the high
F                  G
Works to change my mind

[Verse 2]
Am      C              G
 Now, I feel you in my room
Am       C             G
 Haven't seen you in a lifetime
Am       C             G
 What am I supposed to do
Am        C             G
 When you used to be my lifeline?
[Refrain]
     F               G
I've counted all the days
F                 G
Since you walked away

[Chorus]
C         G    Am    F
Look, now I'm alone again
     C              G
I've gotten used to sleepin'
         Am      F
 here without you
C           G
Though I've tried,
   Am       F
 I can't pretend
     C           G
That I don't sit around
           Am        F
 and think about you
     G
When all I ever do is
think about you

Am  C  G
Am  C  G

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[Verse 3]
Am      C             G
 In the middle of the night
Am     C               G
 I got caught inside a fever
Am        C                G
 I almost called a hundred times
Am       C
 Just to ask if you
       G
might leave her

[Refrain]
F              G
She appears in dreams
F             G
Chasin' after me

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[Chorus]
C         G    Am    F
Look, now I'm alone again
     C              G
I've gotten used to sleepin'
         Am      F
 here without you
C           G
Though I've tried,
    Am       F
 I can't pretend
     C           G
That I don't sit around
           Am        F
and think about you
C        G      Am     F
Look how I just lost a friend
    C              G
I'm buried in your things
           Am      F
 inside my bedroom
C      G
Old distractions,
 Am     F          C
 in the end, don't work
            G
I'm left to sit and
       Am
think about you
     G
Like all I ever do
is think about you

[Bridge]
Dm         F
 I'm still waitin'
        G
 by the phone
Dm         F
 I painted my life
         G
 in the goal
Dm        F
 Kinda of blue,
           G
I hate to know, oh
Dm        F
 How everything turns
       G       Dm  F  G
 kinda cold

[Chorus]
C         G    Am    F
Look, now I'm alone again
     C              G
I've gotten used to sleepin'
         Am      F
 here without you
C           G
Though I've tried,
    Am       F
 I can't pretend
     C           G
That I don't sit around
           Am        F
and think about you
C        G      Am     F
Look how I just lost a friend
    C              G
I'm buried in your things
           Am      F
 inside my bedroom
C      G
Old distractions,
 Am     F          C
 in the end, don't work
            G
I'm left to sit and
       Am
think about you
     G
Like all I ever do
is think about you

How to play This Is What The Drugs Are: key, chords and progression

To play This Is What The Drugs Are by Gracie Abrams, think in A minor (no sharps or flats). It takes 5 chords: Am, C, G, F and Dm.

Listen for C – G – Am – F (III – VII – i – VI in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Em, G, D, C, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A

This Is What The Drugs Are chords: questions

What key is This Is What The Drugs Are in?

This Is What The Drugs Are by Gracie Abrams is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in This Is What The Drugs Are?

This Is What The Drugs Are uses 5 chords: Am, C, G, F, Dm.

What is the chord progression of This Is What The Drugs Are?

The main progression is C – G – Am – F (III – VII – i – VI).

Is This Is What The Drugs Are easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Em, G, D, C, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

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