Dec182021

Ren (Ren Gill) x Chinchilla – Chalk Outlines Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsC#m A E B

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[Intro]
C#m A E x2

[Verse 1]
C#m                       A
  _I'm still here in this bed
                   E
  that I crawled in_
C#m                        A
  _I hope that I'm someone else
                E
  in the morning_
C#m                  A
  _So take this one, wash it down
                     E
  and you'll be fine(-ine)
C#m                      A
  _Then walk around in a floating
               E
  chalk outline_

[Pre-chorus]
             A     C#m          E
But sooooo it goooooes, let it be
           A
In the gallows I balanced
      C#m            B
On my toes so I can breathe

[Chorus]
              A                 E
But little by little, bit by bit_
               B
I push it back down
             C#m
with a new habit
           A                     E
If not for long, just for a while_
            B
I'll bury myself with
            C#m
a great big smile
      A         E
Oh my my, oh my my
             B
We trace our selves in
               C#m
these chalk outlines
      A         N.C.
Oh my my, oh my my
Erase ourselves in
thesе chalk outlines

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[Verse 2]
C#m                 A
  _Sertraline and a sip
              E
  of sеrotonin_
C#m                 A
  _Don't cry 'cause there's
                       E
  a pill for everything_
C#m                  A
  _Take this one, wash it down
                     E
  and you'll be fine(ine)
C#m                         A
  _The feeling goes and you draw
                 E
  a chalk outline_

[Pre-chorus]
             A     C#m          E
But sooooo it goooooes, let it be
           A
In the gallows I balanced
      C#m            B
On my toes so I can breathe

[Chorus]
              A                 E
But little by little, bit by bit_
               B                 C#m
I push it back down with a new habit
           A                     E
If not for long, just for a while_
            B
I'll bury myself with
            C#m
a great big smile
      A         E
Oh my my, oh my my
             B
We trace our selves in
               C#m
these chalk outlines
      A         E
Oh my my, oh my my
          B         C#m
Erase our selves

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[Bridge]
A                    C#m
_It's such a perfect day
                B
Take it just in case,
                A
take it just in case
A                    C#m
_I'm scared of being okay
                  B
'Cause all things change,
           A
all things change
A                    C#m
_It's such a perfect day
                 B
It's a beautiful shame,
                 C#m
it's a beautiful shame
A                    C#m
_I'm scared of being okay
                  B
'Cause all things change

[Chorus]
(A cappella)
But little by little, bit by bit
I push it back down with
a new habit
If not for long, just for a while
I'll bury myself with
a great big smile
      A         E
Oh my my, oh my my
             B
We trace our selves
                  C#m
in these chalk outlines
      A         N.C.
Oh my my, oh my my
Erase ourselves in thesе
chalk outlines

How to play Chalk Outlines: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Chalk Outlines by Ren (Ren Gill) x Chinchilla on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Chalk Outlines by Ren (Ren Gill) x Chinchilla is centred on C♯ minor (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 4 chords: C#m, A, E and B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – E – B – C#m (VI – III – VII – i in C♯ minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Bm, G, D, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.