Aug132020

Whiskeytown – Anyone But Me Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

KeyKeyCapo

View

This is the chords of Anyone But Me by Whiskeytown on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G    Bb    Bb    G Bb    Bb G
G D  G     G D   C G     G (X8)

[Verse 1]
G
Pages and numbers,
 numbers and names
G
Dresses and phonebooks, 
old yellow frames
C        C
Anywhere
C
Anytime
D          G  G  G  G
Anyone but me

[Verse 2]
G
Slow ways and numbers 
we cannot find
G
Pages all torn up,
 ripped from the spine
C               C
Somebody's name
C
All seems the same
D          G  G G G
Anyone but me

Check out Musical Tips from our BLOG

[Chorus]
Em       Am
Anywhere
C
Anytime
D          G  G  G  G
Anyone but me
   Em        G
So put about
Em           G
Put you out
Am           C
Put you out
D
Put you out
G  G  G  G   
  G  G  G  G

FEATURED: Easy ways to Find the Key of Any Song on your Musical Instruments.

[Chorus]
G        Em Am
Anywhere
C
Anytime
D          G  G  G  G
Anyone but me
   Em       G
So put about
Em          G
Put you out
Am          C
Put you out
D           D
Put you out

[Outro]
G (X17)

How to play Anyone But Me: key, chords and progression

Anyone But Me by Whiskeytown is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 6 chords in all: G, Bb, D, C, Em and Am.

Listen for C – D – G – Em (I – II – V – iii in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – reh – soh – mi. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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