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Ukulele: Billie Eilish – Skinny Ukulele Chords

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 [Intro]
Gmaj7
Em
  Hmm, hmm

[Verse 1]
Gmaj7
     Fell in love for
the first time
With a friend,
             Em
 it's a good sign

Feelin' off when
I feel fine
                    Am7
Twenty-one took a lifetime

People say I look happy
                     D7
Just because I got skinny

But the old me is still me
and maybe the real me
And I think she's
     Gmaj7
pretty

[Chorus]
            Em
And I still cry
Am7
Cry
Bm7    Cm
    And you know why

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[Verse 2]
Gmaj7
     Am I acting my age now?
                           Em
Am I already on the way out?

When I step off the stage,
I'm a bird in a cage
                    Am7
I'm a dog in a dog pound
And you said
I was your secret
And you didn't get
         D7
to keep it
And the internet is hungry
for the meanest
 kinda funny
And somebody's gotta
        Gmaj7
feed it

[Chorus]
                 Em
Oh, do you still cry?
      Am7
Still cry?
Bm7  Cm Am7
Cry

[Bridge]
           Bm7
I, I nevеr did you wrong
(Never did you wrong)
     Am7
And my (Oh), my patiencе
 Bm7
 is gone (Is gone)
    Am7            Bm7
And I (I), I never did
you wrong (You)
Am7            Bm7
I, I loved you for
so long (Hmm)

[Outro]
F C Gmaj7 C
F C Gmaj7 C
F Em7 Am7
Cm

How to play Skinny: key, chords and progression

These are Skinny chords by Eilish on Ukulele.

Skinny by Billie Eilish is built around A minor (no sharps or flats), with 9 chords in all: Gmaj7, Em, Am7, D7, Bm7, Cm, F, C and Em7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Gmaj7 – Em – Am7 – D7 (VIImaj7 – v – i7 – IV7 in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm7, Cm and F are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.