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Jeremy Zucker feat. Chelsea Cutler – Emily Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
C  G G7  F
C  G G7  F

[Verse 1]
         C             G
And the worst of it all,
         F
I still believe in you
          Am      G G7       F
And these nightmares we've kept
        C             G
In the heat of it all,
  G7        F
I made an enemy
        Am  G G7    F
Put our demons to rest

[Pre-Chorus]
        Am
 So I'll  swallow my pride
     G
 and fall in line
F
 And you can just say that
                 G
 "everything's fine"
Am                    G  G7     F
 But we both know that's not enough
 (Mmm)

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[Chorus]
         C
So I'll promise you I'll be
     G
the best thing for us
           F
Then I'll fight with your friends
and I'll trash your apartment
      C
I'll lie to you screaming,
       G
"I'd die for you"
             F
Knowing how hard it'll be to
                    G
get back where we started
    Am                    G
In Paris you asked me if I was
                  F
afraid that we'd fall out of love
               G Am  G  F
Would that be okay, Emily?
C  G G7  F
C  G G7  F

[Verse 2]
        C              G
And in spite of it all,
                F
you're still my everything
            Am   G      G7     F
When we're nothing at all
          C            G
Come to think of it all,
     C       F
you are the centerpiece
      Am      G G7  F
Around which I revolve

[Pre-Chorus]
       Am                   G
So I'll   bury the hurt and wait
my turn
F
 And we can pretend that
         G
 people unlearn
Am                    G  G7     F
When we both know it's not enough
(Mmm)

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[Chorus]
         C
So I'll promise you I'll be
     G
the best thing for us
           F
Then I'll fight with your friends
and I'll trash your apartment
      C
I'll lie to you screaming,
       G
"I'd die for you"
             F
Knowing how hard it'll be to
                    G
get back where we started
    Am                    G
In Paris you asked me if I was
                  F
afraid that we'd fall out of love
               G Am
Would that be okay

[Outro]
G  F
Emily
Dm  F C
Emily

How to play Emily: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Emily by Jeremy Zucker feat. Chelsea Cutler on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Emily by Jeremy Zucker feat. Chelsea Cutler is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 7 chords: C, G, G7, F, Am, Emily and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – G7 – F – C (V – V7 – IV – I in C major). In solfa, that is soh – soh – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

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