Apr242026

Noah Kahan – Paid Time Off Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsC/G G G6sus2 C6sus2/G Csus2/G D Dsus4 Gsus2 EmG/F#

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Key: AAb

[Verse 1]
  C/G*       G  G6sus2  G
I called you
                   C/G  
But I'd run out of words
 C6sus2/G  Csus2/G
     C/G           D      
So I stared at the plastic
 Dsus4  D
C/G             G    
Collidin' with  dirt
G6sus2  Gsus2  G
       C/G*      G  G6sus2 G
At the fast food
            C/G   C6sus2/G  Csus2/G
Sign out in Leb
     C/G           D       Dsus4  D
I prepared for the warfare
         C/G         G   
With the voice in my head
 G6sus2  Gsus2  G

[Pre-Chorus]
      Em             G
And I thought it was strange
        C/G
How the letters were placed
        Em     G
How the hiring sign
          C/G
Seemed to laugh in my face
    Em          G   
And if you were here, 
               C/G
you'd make a joke of it
     Em            G  
I'm alone, getting lost 
         C/G
in the scope of it
And I see you drive in

[Chorus]
           G           
And your love is like
    C/G  G
 an open flame
              Em      
I'm a running car, and 
          C/G      G
you're a closed garage
             G              
Someone once told us there's
   C/G       G
 a world out thеre
             Em         
But we don't care enough
    C/G        G
 to drive that far
            G         C/G     G
It's been a damn near perfect day
             Em          C/G    G
Just getting high at the outlet mall
            G          
Most people grow up and 
      C/G   G
they move away
              Em       
But you don't care, and
         C/G     G
 I don't mind at all

[Interlude]
G

[Verse 2]
G                 C/G       G
I got the car, you  got the bag
  D                    
A handwritten note left 
      G       G/F#
from mom and dad
C/G
Police scanner bouncing on the dash
                          D        G
Cup of burnt coffee and a check to cash
                       C/G  G
I had the brains for a city job
    D                      G      G/F#
But you got the taste of a county cop
C/G
Pack of cigarettes 
and a round of golf
Make a livin' workin'
         D         G
 for the paid time off

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[Pre-Chorus]
     Em           G
Such simple lines
     C/G
They drew to make this place
       Em          G
In the interest of time
         C/G
We got a whole lot to waste

[Chorus]
         G               C/G  G
And your love is like an open flame
              Em  
I'm a running car, 
          C/G      G
you're a closed garage
             G           
Someone once said there's
   C/G       G
 a world out thеre
             Em        
But we don't care enough 
     C/G        G
to drive that far
            G         C/G     G
It's been a damn near perfect day
             Em          C/G    G
Just getting high at the outlet mall
       G             C/G   G
People grow and they move away
              Em       
But you don't care, and 
         C/G     G
I don't mind at all

[Post-Chorus]
          Em       
You don't care, and
     C/G        G
 I don't mind at all

[Bridge]
G
Hmm-mm-mm-mm, hmm
C/G    G
Hmm-mm-mm-mm
D
Hmm-mm-mm-mm
        G        G/F#
Hmm-mm, hmm, hmm-mm
C/G
Hmm-mm-mm-mm, hmm, hmm-mm-mm
                   D         G
Hmm-mm-mm-mm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

G
Hmm-mm-mm-mm, hmm
C/G    G
Hmm-mm-mm-mm
D
Hmm-mm-mm-mm
        G        G/F#
Hmm-mm, hmm, hmm-mm
C/G
Hmm-mm-mm, hmm-mm-mm-mm
                   D         G
Hmm-mm-mm, hmm-mm, hmm, hmm, hmm

Watch: Noah Kahan - Paid Time Off (Official Lyric Video)

From NoahKahanVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Paid Time Off: key, chords and progression

These are Paid Time Off chords by Noah Kahan for Piano and Ukulele.

Paid Time Off by Noah Kahan is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 10 chords in all: C/G, G, G6sus2, C6sus2/G, Csus2/G, D, Dsus4, Gsus2, Em and G/F#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C/G – G – Em – C/G (IV – I – vi – IV in G major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: G6sus2, Csus2/G and Gsus2 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.