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Tate McRae – Slower Chords on Piano & Ukulele

By Lyte Onyema

Tate McRae

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsA E B C#m

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These are the chords for Slower by Tate McRae on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
A                     E
Playing cool makes me lose my mind
            B                    C#m
I can’t be someone I don’t recognize
A                           E
I’m not the type to have to say it twice
         B                          C#m
Or wait for you till the end of the night

[Pre-Chorus]
A
I’ve been falling fast and
           E
 you don’t seem to move
          B
But is it worse for me,
      C#m
if I tell the truth?
    A
And are you just a poison
        E
that I shouldn’t use?
             B
Wish I could say to you
             C#m
What I can’t say to you

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[Chorus]
                 A
We could take it slower
                 E
Wait until we’re older
                B
But I might be somebody
                   C#m
You might not even know her
                  A
I’m going through changes
              E
It’s a rollercoaster
                   B
But I might be somebody
                   C#m
You might not even know her
                 A       E
Wе could take it slower

[Post-Chorus]
                 B        C#m
We could takе it slower

[Verse 2]
A                  E
Who knows who I’ll be tomorrow
      B                             C#m
But I still hope you’d like her the same
A                         E
We might end up strangers somehow
B                         C#m
You should get to know me today

[Pre-Chorus]
A
I’ve been falling fast and
           E
 you don’t seem to move
          B
But is it worse for me,
      C#m
if I tell the truth?
    A
And are you just a poison
        E
that I shouldn’t use?
             B
Wish I could say to you
              C#m
What I can’t say to you

[Chorus]
                 A
We could take it slower
                 E
Wait until we’re older
                   B
But I might be somebody
                   C#m
You might not even know her
                  A
I’m going through changes
              E
It’s a rollercoaster
                   B
But I might be somebody
                   C#m
You might not even know her
                 A       E
We could take it slower

[Post-Chorus]
                 B       C#m
We could take it slower

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[Bridge]
A
I’ve been falling fast and
           E
you don’t seem to move
          B
But is it worse for me,
      C#m
 if I tell the truth?
    A
And are you just a poison
        E
 that I shouldn’t use
             B
Wish I could say to you
             C#m
What I can’t say to you

[Chorus]
                 A
We could take it slower
                  E
Wait until we’re older
                   B
But I might be somebody
                   C#m
You might not even know her
                  A
I’m going through changes
             E
It’s a rollercoaster
                   B
But I might be somebody
                   C#m
You might not even know her
                 A       E
We could take it slower

How to play Slower: key, chords and progression

Slower by Tate McRae is written in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯) and moves through 4 chords: A, E, B and C#m.

Listen for A – E – B – C#m (IV – I – V – vi in E major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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