Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aquatic Mouth Dance Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aquatic Mouth Dance Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsC#mAG#7Amaj7G#m

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[Intro]
 C#m   A   G#7

[Verse 1]
C#m
 Lookin' back at the years gone by
          A                  G#7
When The Message changed my life
C#m
 Heavy metal, the nest was dead
               A              G#7
Well, and the rappers gave delight
                   C#m
But I don’t know who
     A              G#7
Was looking out for anyone
      C#m
like me and you
   A               G#7
A-maybe here with Siouxsie Sioux
C#m
 Day to day was the way we play
            A            G#7
Well, everybody needs to eat
C#m
 Girl is gone and the front door too
          A                G#7
Well, I guess we move our feet

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[Pre-Chorus]
                   C#m
And I don't know why
     A            G#7
The color of your eyes
             C#m
was stolеn from the sky
    A                  G#7
And earthquakes nеver need to lie

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[Chorus]
C#m             Amaj7
Aquatic mouth dance is
waiting for you
C#m             Amaj7
Aquatic mouth dance is
                 C#m     Amaj7
waiting for you now
C#m             Amaj7
Aquatic mouth dance is
waiting for you

[Verse 2]
C#m
 Everyone and their best friend knew
          A            G#7
That the west was overdue
C#m
 Growing out of the fertile dirt
                A
Well, and the cracks
                G#7
kept fallin' through
                   C#m     A
But I don’t know what I'm looking for
  G#7            C#m
I only know the deepest cut
      A              G#7
It's coming from my gut
C#m
 Parking lot of the old Starwood
           A               G#7
Where the Misfits like to go
C#m
 Billy Zom and his the silver string
          A                  G#7
Well, it just might be John Doe

[Pre-Chorus]
                     C#m
Well, I don't know where
     A             G#7
I'm gonna sleep tonight
                 C#m
Please tell me, can you spare
   A             G#7
A pillow for my head and hair?

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[Chorus]
C#m             Amaj7
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you
C#m             Amaj7
Aquatic mouth dance is
                 C#m
waiting for you now
 Amaj7
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C#m             Amaj7
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you
C#m             Amaj7
Aquatic mouth dance is waiting for you
C#m             Amaj7
Aquatic mouth dance is
                 C#m     Amaj7
waiting for you now
C#m             Amaj7
Aquatic mouth dance is
waiting for you now

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[Instrumental]
 C#m   A   G#7   2x

[Verse 3]
C#m
 Pucker up for the hologram
          A             G#7
I better find out who I am
C#m
 Let it out with a downtown scream
            A                  G#7
Because we need more space to jam
                  C#m    A
But I don't know how to turn it down
  G#7           C#m
I end up being so damn loud
     A                   G#7
Ah, bend your brow, ah, bend it now
C#m
 Prototopical Sunday nights
       A                  G#7
Smog flowers, they don't bite
C#m
 Dirty skies never worked so hard
         A                  G#7
Better step to the Angels Flight

[Pre-Chorus]
                 C#m
And I don’t know if
    A             G#m
The embers of my burning
            C#m
flame are from this spliff
      A
The greatest gift,
      G#7
the greatest gift

[Trumpet Solo]
 C#m   A   G#7   4x

[Outro]
C#m
 Peppered up at the Cathay bash
            A               G#7
And with a forty-five to split
C#m
 Spilling beer is a good fountain
               A
Just like the milk
                 G#7
from a mother’s tits
                   C#m
But I don't know slow
 A              G#7
Someone has to come and
          C#m
teach me self-control
     A
Or should I just say
  G#7
"Fuck it" and we go?

[Ending]
 C#m   A   G#7   4x

How to play Aquatic Mouth Dance: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Aquatic Mouth Dance by Red Hot Chili Peppers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Aquatic Mouth Dance by Red Hot Chili Peppers, think in C♯ minor (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). It takes 5 chords: C#m, A, G#7, Amaj7 and G#m.

Listen for C#m – A – G#7 – C#m (i – VI – V7 – i in C♯ 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 4th fret and play the shapes Am, F, E7, Fmaj7, Em (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 40% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
G#7 chord on guitar (464544)
G♯7G♯ B♯ D♯ F♯
Amaj7 chord on guitar (x02120)
Amaj7A C♯ E G♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯

Aquatic Mouth Dance chords: questions

What key is Aquatic Mouth Dance in?

Aquatic Mouth Dance by Red Hot Chili Peppers is in the key of C♯ minor (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Aquatic Mouth Dance?

Aquatic Mouth Dance uses 5 chords: C#m, A, G#7, Amaj7, G#m.

What is the chord progression of Aquatic Mouth Dance?

The main progression is C#m – A – G#7 – C#m (i – VI – V7 – i).

Is Aquatic Mouth Dance easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes Am, F, E7, Fmaj7, Em (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 40% without a capo).

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