Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend Ukulele Chords
Before you play, tune your ukulele and use the tools below to set up your view and flow. Using the Transpose tool, switch to D,A keys to play this song with easier chords.
Ukulele Gm chord diagram
Ukulele Cm chord diagram
Ukulele D chord diagram
[Opening]
What do you [Gm]want from me?
Why don’t you [Cm]run from me?
What are you [D]wondering?
What do you [Gm]know?
[chorus]
Why aren’t you [Gm]scared of me?
Why do you [Cm]care for me?
When we all [D]fall asleep, where do we go?
[section 2]
(Come here)
[Gm] Say it, spit it out, what is it exactly?
[Gm] You’re paying? Is the amount cleaning you out, am I satisfactory?
[Gm] Today I’m thinking about the things that are deadly
[Gm] The way I’m drinking you down, like I wanna drown, like I wanna end me
[chorus]
[Gm] Step on the glass, [Cm]staple your tongue (ah-ah)
[D] Bury a friend, [Gm]try to wake up (ah-ah)
[Gm] Cannibal class, [Cm]killing the son (ah-ah)
[D] Bury a friend I wanna end me
[section 3]
[Gm] [Gm]
I wanna end me. [Gm] I wanna, I wanna, I wanna end me
[Gm] I wanna, I wanna, I wanna
[section 4]
What do you [Gm]want from me?
Why don’t you [Cm]run from me?
What are you [D]wondering?
What do you [Gm]know?
[chorus]
Why aren’t you [Gm]scared of me?
Why do you [Cm]care for me?
When we all [D]fall asleep, where do we go?
[section 5]
(Listen)
[Gm] Keep you in the dark, what, had you expected
[Gm] Me to make you my art and make you a star
[section 6]
And get you connected?
[Gm] I’ll meet you in the park, I’ll be calm and collected
[Gm] But we knew right from the start that you’d fall apart
[section 7]
Cause I’m too expensive
[Gm] It’s probably something that shouldn’t be said out loud
[Gm] Honestly, I thought that I would be dead by now (wow)
[Gm] Calling security, keeping my head held down
[Gm] Bury the hatchet or bury your friend right now
[section 8]
The [Gm]debt I owe, gotta [Cm]sell my soul
Cause I [D]can’t say no, no, I [Gm]can’t say no
And my [Gm]limbs all froze and my [Cm]eyes won’t close
And I [D]can’t say no, I [Gm]can’t say no
[section 9]
What do you [Gm]want from me?
Why don’t you [Cm]run from me?
What are you [D]wondering?
What do you [Gm]know?
[chorus]
Why aren’t you [Gm]scared of me?
Why do you [Cm]care for me?
When we all [D]fall asleep, where do we go?
[chorus]
[Gm] Step on the glass, [Cm]staple your tongue (ah-ah)
[D] Bury a friend, [Gm]try to wake up (ah-ah)
[Gm] Cannibal class, [Cm]killing the son (ah-ah)
[D] Bury a friend I wanna end me
[Closing]
What do you [Gm]want from me?
Why don’t you [Cm]run from me?
What are you [D]wondering?
What do you [Gm]know?
[chorus]
Why aren’t you [Gm]scared of me?
Why do you [Cm]care for me?
When we all [D]fall asleep, where do we go?
How to play Bury A Friend on Ukulele (Step-by-step)
Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend on ukulele requires 3 chords and 3 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.
Bury A Friend uses these transitions most often: Cm → D (14), Gm → Cm (14), and D → Gm (13). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with Gm - Cm chord transition.
1. Gm → Cm chord transition
To move from Gm to Cm;
- While playing Gm, first lift your middle finger and ring finger.
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on C string fret 3.
2. Cm → D chord transition
To move from Cm to D;
- Lift your index finger from C string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 2.
- Place middle finger on C string fret 2.
- Place ring finger on E string fret 2.
3. D → Gm chord transition
To move from D to Gm;
- Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 1.
- Keep middle finger on C string fret 2.
- Slide your ring finger on E string from fret 2 to fret 3.
Bury A Friend chord transition analysis
A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Bury A Friend.
- Bury A Friend includes 41 chord transitions, 3 of them unique.
- These transitions represent 0.01% of all chord transitions in Ukulelearn.
- These transition patterns show how Bury A Friend connects to the rest of Ukulelearn. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.After Gm, the most likely next chords across Ukulelearn are C (15%), F (12%), and Dm (9%).
- Gm → Cm: 7%
After Cm, the most likely next chords across Ukulelearn are G (22%), F (11%), and Gm (9%).- Cm → D: 8%