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Sam Barber – Hate It Here Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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Key: E

[Intro]
D    C    D    Am  C

[Verse 1]
D                               
Shaky breathing, subtle speaking,
  C
 it ain't fierce but it shows
D                                
'Cause aimless meaning, Sheetrock
                  Am    
 and ceiling have turned 
               C
me into a ghost
D                               
Endless working, concrete poured 
     C
in, it all sinks to my chest
D                                  
Burn the curtains 'cause I'm fairly 
                 Am             C    D
certain there's only darkness ahead

[Pre-Chorus]
            C
And I can't escape the way
         D
That you say I've changed
          C
And now I hate the way
         D
That you say my name

[Chorus]
      Em           C            G
All I am and all I was is all I hear
         Em          C   
I'd give all just to turn
          G
 back the years
           Em  
Where I've been,
            C              G
 what I've done is what I fear
     Em C G          Em  C G
Most days, I hate it here
                Em  
Well, I hate it here
C G   D    C

[Verse 2]
D                                    
Pictures hanging hung up by shameless
 C
 ways that I'd never show
D                                  
Bone-dry, ran through, I can't even
               Am                C     D
 blame you for trading me for my ghost

[Pre-Chorus]
            C
And I can't escape the way
         D
That you say I've changed
          C
And now I hate the way
         D
That you say my name

[Chorus]
      Em           C            G
All I am and all I was is all I hear
         Em          C   
I'd give all just to turn 
          G
back the years
           Em        
Where I've been, what
      C              G
 I've done is what I fear
     Em C G          Em  C G
Most days, I hate it here
                Em  C G
Well, I hate it here

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[Interlude]
Em C G   Em C G

[Out-Chorus]
      Em           C            G
All I am and all I was is all I hear
         Em          C   
I'd give all just to turn
          G
 back the years
           Em        
Where I've been, what
      C              G
 I've done is what I fear
     Em C G          Em  C G
Most days, I hate it here

Watch: Sam Barber - Hate It Here (Official Audio)

From Sam Barber on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Hate It Here: key, chords and progression

These are Hate It Here chords by Sam Barber for Piano and Ukulele.

Hate It Here by Sam Barber is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 5 chords: D, C, Am, Em and G.

Listen for Em – C – G – Em (vi – IV – I – vi in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is lah – fah – doh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.