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Passenger – A Song For The Drunk And Broken Hearted Chords Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
 D Bm  F#m  A 
D  Bm F#m  G 

[Verse 1]
D       Bm              
  Sweet Sunday afternoon,
F#m  G
 September's golden brown
D        Bm              
  Summer always fades too 
    F#m        G
soon like the laughter
 of a clown
D  Bm                  F#m    
   Shadows fill the room where
 G
 sorrows come to drown
D      Bm                  
  Your heart’s a late bloom
F#m     G
 as you sink another one down

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[Pre-Chorus 1]
Em          A
  I know it knows the way you feel
Em              A
  Blurs what is right and
 what is real
Em           Bm       
  There's no love left 
                A
you could steal

[Chorus]
        G                 D
For the joker, love is so long
       Bm         E7
As the jesters outsmarts it
        G                Bm 
And the gambler tries to win 
                A
back what he's lost
        G                D
And the sad mind sings a song
        Bm               E7
For the drunk and broken-hearted
        G                A  
And the fool, he never knows 
             D
how much it cost
D Bm  F#m A 
D Bm  F#m G 

[Verse 2]
D           Bm             F#m  
  The sweet Sunday afternoon and 
 G
all that candy heart
D       Bm                F#m
  Is an old, familiar tune for 
            G
you’ve forgotten half the words
D     Bm                 
  The sunlight floods the
    F#m      G
 room like a silent flock
 of birds
D     Bm              F#m
  And hopes a red bloom, 
    G
disappearing through the clouds

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[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em          A
  I know it knows the way you feel
Em              A
  Blurs what is right 
and what is real
Em              Bm      
  There's no one here to
                 A
 make a deal with

[Chorus]
        G                 D
For the joker, love is so long
       Bm         E7
As the jesters outsmarts it
        G                Bm 
And the gambler tries to win
                A
 back what he's lost
        G                D
And the sad mind sings a song
        Bm                   E7
For the drunk and broken-hearted
        G                A
And the fool, he never knows 
how much it cost
D   Bm  D  Bm  D  Bm  A 
 G  D  G D  G Em  A 

[Chorus]
                G     
Yeah, well, the joker, 
              D
he loves the long
       Bm         E7
As the jesters outsmarts it
                         Bm 
And the gambler tries to win
                A
 back what he's lost
            G            
Oh, and the sad mind, he,
         D
 sings a song
        Bm                   E
For the drunk and broken-hearted
            G            
Oh, and the fool, he never 
       A                Bm
knows how much it cost
          G             
Well, the fool, he never 
      A                D
knows how much it cost

How to play A Song For The Drunk And Broken Hearted: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for A Song For The Drunk And Broken Hearted by Passenger on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

A Song For The Drunk And Broken Hearted by Passenger is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 8 chords: D, Bm, F#m, A, G, Em, E7 and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – Bm – F#m – G (I – vi – iii – IV in D major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – mi – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm and F#m are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.