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Ukulele: 5 seconds of summer 5SOS – Want You Back Ukulele Chord Progression & Tab

ChordsAm G Em F

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This is the Ukulele chord progression of Want you back by 5 seconds of summer 5SOS.

[Intro]
Am G Em F
Am G Em F

[Verse]
Am G Em F
Can’t help but wondering if this is the last time that
Am
I’ll see your face
G    Em
Is it tears or just the ph rain
F
Wish I could say something
Am G Em
Something that doesn’t sound insane
F    Am
But lately I don’t trust my brain
G    Em
You tell me I won’t ever change
F
So I just say nothing

[Chorus]
Am G Em F
No matter where I go I’m always gonna want you back
Am G Em F
No matter how long you’re gone I’m always gonna want you back
Am G Em F
I know you know I will never get over you
Am G Em F
No matter where I go I’m always gonna want you back
Am
Want you back

[Verse]
G    Em
I remember the freckles on your back
F       Am
And the way I used to make you laugh
G    Em
Cause you know every morning I wake up
F
Yeah I still reach for you
Am G Em
I remember the roses on your shirt
F
When you told me this would never work
Am    G
You know even when I say I’ve moved on
Em    F
Yeah I still dream for you

[Solo]
Am G Em F
Am G Em F

NOTE: Other parts of the song have the same chord prgression.

[Outro]
Em F
Am G

Em F
Always gonna want you back
Am G Em F
Want you back

Am G

Em F
Always gonna want you back
Am
Want you back

Am G Em F.

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How to play Want You Back: key, chords and progression

Want You Back by 5 seconds of summer 5SOS is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: Am, G, Em and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Am – G – Em – F (i – VII – v – VI in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F is played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into it slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.