Twenty Seven Chords
by Passenger
Twenty Seven by Passenger is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and Gsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
G C G
C G
C G D
VERSE 1:
G
27 years, 27 years old
C
Only thing I know, the only thing I get told
G
I gotta sell out if I want to get sold
D
Don't want the devil to be taking my soul
G
I write songs that come from my heart
C
I don't give a fuck if they get into the chart, oh no
G
Only way I can be, is to say what I see
And have the shadow hanging over me
D
I don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
C G C G
'Cause, running's the thing I've always done
D
I don't know what I'm doing but I know what I've done
C G C G D
I'm a hungry heart, I'm a loaded gun
VERSE 2:
G G C
27 years, 27 years now, only thing I know, I know that I don't know how
To please everybody all of the time
G D
'Cause everybody always fucking changes their mind
G
A little bit jaded, a little bit faded
C
Don't want to stop, won't be persuaded
G
To write words I can't believe in, to see my face on a video screen
D
I don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
C G C G
'Cause, running's the thing I've always done
D
I don't know what I'm doing but I know what I've done
C Em
I'm a hungry heart, I'm a loaded gun
BRIDGE:
(D) G Gsus4 G
Oh oh, oh,
C G
oh, oohoh oh, ooh,
Em (D) G Gsus4 G
oh, oh oh, oh,
C G
oh, oohoh oh, ooh
Em
27 years, 27 years done
(D) G
Written 600 songs, only 12 get sung
C
87,000 cigarettes have passed through these lungs and
G D
Every single day I wish I'd never smoked 1
Em (D)
A week brushing my teeth and a week getting my haircut
G
8 years sleeping, I'm still tired when I wake up
C
A whole year eating and I still lost weight fuck
G D
5 proper girlfriends and 5 messy breakups
C
27 birthdays, 27 new years
G
30,000 quid, just so I could have a few beers
C
Ever dying old hopes, ever growing new fears
D
Don't know where I'm going, but I know how I got here
C
Don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
G C G
'Cause, running's the thing I've always done
D
Said I don't know what I'm doing but I know what I've done
C G
I'm a hungry heart, I'm a loaded gun