Learn to play "Fingertips" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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A# Am A# When I look back, tracing fingertips over plastic bags Am F Em Thinking, "I wish I could extrapolate some small Am intention Em Am Dm G Or maybe just get your attention for a minute or two A# Am Will I die? Or will I get to that ten-year mark? A# Am Where I beat the extinction of telomeres? Gm And if I do, will you be there with me, Father, A Sister, Brother? A# Charlie, stop smoking C Caroline, will you be with me? Will the baby be alright? A# C Will I have one of mine? A# Can I handle it even if I do? C It's said that my mind A# Is not fit, or so they said, to carry a child Am Dm I guess I'll be fine A# It wasn't my idea, the cocktail of things Gm that twists neurons inside C But without them, I'd die A They say there's irony in the music, A# it's a tragedy, I Gm C See nothing Greek in it Give me a mausoleum in Rhode Island with A Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, and Dave A# Who hung himself real high Gm C In the National Park sky, it's a shame C#dim and I'm crying right now Dm A To get to you, save you, if I take my life F C C#dim Find your astral body, put it into my eyes A# Give you two seconds to cry C Take you home, I, I'll give you a blanket C#dim Dm Your spirit can sit and watch TV by my side G C 'Cause, baby, I A Ran through a time when I felt you were doing it A# I couldn't handle it, I was in Monaco I couldn't hear what they said on the telephone C I had to sing for the prince in two hours Sat in the shower A Gm Gave myself two seconds to cry Gm C It's a shame that we die When I was fifteen, naked, next-door neighbors F did a drive-by A# F Pulled me up by my waist, long hair to the beach side A# F I wanted to go out like you, swim with the fishes A# C That he caught on Rhode Island beaches A A# But, sometimes, it's just not your time Caroline, what kind of mother was she to say I'd end up in institutions? All I wanted to do was kiss Aaron Greene and sit by The lake, twisting lime into the drinks that they made Have a babe at sixteen, the town I was born in, and die Dm C Aaron ended up dead and not me F What the fuck's wrong in your head to send me away never to come back? Dm C A Exotic places and people don't take the place of A# being your child A#m F I give myself two seconds to cry Dm C Let it crash over me Like the waves in the sea A A# Call me Aphrodite C As they bow down to me Gm A A# C Sunbather, moon chaser, queen of empathy A A# I give myself two seconds to breathe Dm C And go back to being a serene queen A A# I just needed two seconds to be me | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Ukulele Chord DiagramsA Am A# A#m C Dm Em F G Gm Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Fingertips" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Fingertips" by Lana Del Rey.