Jamie Webster – Grinding The Gears Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

Jamie Webster – Grinding The Gears Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsF#BG#mD#mC#C#sus4

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INTRO
F# F# B B G#m B F# F#

VERSE
F#
Now and then I don’t feel like talking
B                                                             G#m
My heads a blur my feet won’t start walking round
B                   F#                   F#
I think I must be coming down
F#
Can’t seem to shake this feel of tension
B
A great suspense of this new dimension
G#m                   B                   F#                   F#
False, I need to think beyond these walls
F#
From time to time it gets a little bit scary
B
Oh, how life can be so contrary
G#m                   B                   F#                   F#
This, it’s all I’ve wanted am I taking a piss

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CHORUS
B
Sometimes I like to look outside
D#m D#m
It makes me feel that there’s an easier way
B
I guess it makes no sense to run and hide
C# C# C# C# C#sus4 C# C# C# C#sus4 C#
You got to face it at the end of the day

VERSE
F#
It’s all games and it’s all confusion
B
Made them wait an recreate illusion
G#m                   B                   F#                   F#
Don’t let go you know it more then you know
F#
‘Cause life will knock you down and it won’t warn you
B
But there’s another day around the corner
G#m                   B                   F#                   F#
You, you got what it takes to pull on through
B
Sometimes I like to look outside
D#m                                                       D#m
It makes me feel that there’s an easier way
B
I guess it makes no sense to run and hide
C# C# C# C# C#sus4 C# C# C# C#sus4 C#
You got to face it at the end of the day

C#                   D#m                   B                                     F#
Ah ahhhh, maybe it’s time you start grinding the gears
C#                   D#m                   B                   F#                   F#
Ah ahhhh or maybe it’s time to go and make my way
C#     D#m                   C#
Ah ahhhh they all know
F#     C#                   D#m                   D#m
Take me car from the side of the road

OUTRO
B
And take the blinkers off your kipper
C#                   F#                   F#
And go out and seize the day
B
Take the blinkers off your kipper
C#                   F#                   F#
And go out and seize the day

How to play Grinding The Gears: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Grinding The Gears by Jamie Webster on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Grinding The Gears by Jamie Webster sits in F♯ major (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: F#, B, G#m, D#m, C# and C#sus4.

Most of the song cycles through F# – B – G#m – B (I – IV – ii – IV in F♯ major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – reh – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes D, G, Em, Bm, A, Asus4 (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
D#m chord on guitar (x68876)
D♯mD♯ F♯ A♯
C# chord on guitar (x46664)
C♯C♯ E♯ G♯
C#sus4 chord on guitar (x46674)
C♯sus4C♯ F♯ G♯

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Grinding The Gears chords: questions

What key is Grinding The Gears in?

Grinding The Gears by Jamie Webster is in the key of F♯ major (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯).

What chords are in Grinding The Gears?

Grinding The Gears uses 6 chords: F#, B, G#m, D#m, C#, C#sus4.

What is the chord progression of Grinding The Gears?

The main progression is F# – B – G#m – B (I – IV – ii – IV).

Is Grinding The Gears easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes D, G, Em, Bm, A, Asus4 (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo).

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