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sombr – Potential Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C
F Am Dm C
F Am Dm C

[Verse 1]‎
F                    Am
Every time we'd wake up
         Dm                     C
I got to see you with no makeup
          F                       Am
Yeah, you hated how it looked off
           Dm                          C
But, baby, that's just how you grew up

[Pre-Chorus]
Am                    C
  There'll be someone new
 for you, baby
F                      Dm
 I'm not worried 'bout you, oh
Am                C
I'll be somewhere going crazy
F                 Dm
 I'll be stuck on you (Woo)

[Chorus]
   F                       Am   
We had potential, makes me mental
             Dm     C
 not havin' you, oh
       F               Am
And it drives me crazy that my baby
             Dm         C
Thinks we're through so soon

[Refrain]
F                    Am
 We had potential, it makes me mental
Dm                    C
  We had potential, it makes me mental
F                    Am
 Wе had potential, it makes me mеntal
Dm                    C
  We had potential and now I'm mental

[Verse 2]
         F                 Am
It was a difficult breakup
                 Dm        
But I wrote some songs that 
           C
got me famous
            F          
Sometimes I think about
               Am
 what it costs
             Dm           
You were the last one that
               C
 I could trust

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[Pre-Chorus]
Am                    C
  There'll be someone new for you,
 baby
F                      Dm
 I'm not worried 'bout you, oh
Am                C
I'll be somewhere going crazy
F                 Dm
 I'll be stuck on you (Woo)

[Chorus]
   F                      
We had potential, makes me 
 Am                Dm     C
mental not havin' you, oh
       F               Am
And it drives me crazy that my baby
             Dm         C
Thinks we're through so soon, yeah

[Bridge]
G
 And when I fall, I'm blamin' you
Gm                          Dm
  That doesn't make it your fault
       C              G
But it still makes it true
                              Gm
I play alone in this game for two
                     Dm  
You aren't the final boss, 
          C             F
but you still make me lose

[Chorus]
   F                       Am    
We had potential, makes me mental
            Dm     C
 not havin' you, oh
       F               Am
And it drives me crazy that my baby
             Dm         C
Thinks we're through so soon
   F                               
We had potential (We had potential),
           Am
 makes me mental (It makes me mental)
           Dm     C
Not havin' you, oh (We had potential,
 it makes me mental)
       F               Am
And it drives me crazy that my baby
             Dm         C
Thinks we're through so soon
(We had potential, 
it makes me mental, it)

[Outro]
   F               Am
It drives me crazy that my baby
(We had potential, it makes me mental)
Dm               C
Drives me crazy, that, that my baby
(We had potential, it makes me mental)
F                    Am
 We had potential, it makes me mental
  Dm                 C
We had potential, and now I'm mental
We

Watch: sombr - Potential (official video)

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

How to play Potential: key, chords and progression

These are Potential chords by sombr for Piano and Ukulele.

Potential by sombr is centred on F major (one flat: B♭). The song uses 6 chords: C, F, Am, Dm, G and Gm.

Listen for F – Am – Dm – C (I – iii – vi – V in F major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – mi – lah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, Am, D, Dm (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

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Potential chords: questions

What key is Potential in?

Potential by sombr is centred on F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in Potential?

Potential uses 6 chords: C, F, Am, Dm, G, Gm.

What is the chord progression of Potential?

The main progression is F – Am – Dm – C (I – iii – vi – V).

Is Potential easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, Am, D, Dm (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo).

Watch: sombr - Potential (official video)

How to play Potential: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Potential chords: questions

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