Well, it dawned on me list'nin' to my playlist
Seems to be a theme with chord progessions, I've noticed
And I feel like a twat
Cause I didn't notice that
And so when each song fades out, I grab paper and a pencil
And listen to the chords to see if they're the same, I will
How many times these chords I've heard
"Down" and "Forever Young"

They might sound pretty great, oh sure, oh sure
It's all the same four cho-o-o-o-o-ords
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Yeah-eah-eah, eh-eh-eh

Well, all you gotta do is pick your key
I then V then VI then IV, you'll see
Sing about your heart or some such crud, crud, crud, crud
Then you just repeat ad infinitum, and you've go-ot a hit
Like half of pop'lar music
There are times it gets varied, but not by much, much, much, much, mu-uch

It's always I, V, VI, then IV, good Lord
On me it grates, I'm bo-o-ored
Of the same old thing, afraid
It will not halt
Always the same four cho-o-ords

Do-d-do-do-do-do, do-d-do-d-do-do
Well, do you get a hate-on when those four chords reach your ear
It makes me wanna down beers
Boozin' up-a-whup-a-whoa
Whoa-ooooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh oh, whoa oh oh oh-oh oh-oh
Ha ha
Mmm-mm mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm

I've been list'nin' way too long, checking for this chord progression
Like square pegs into round holes, not ev'rything fits the pattern
But there's still the simple fact
And that they still show up way too much, ma-a-a-a-an
I'll Google it just to see if anybody else sees this
Seems Wikipedia says that my method is too rigid
Can change the order, dude
Just more ways for them to be used

Songs get stuck in your brain, I'm sure, I'm sure
They're still the same four cho-o-o-o-ords

Started with Pachelbel's Canon in D
That was eight chords, the last four got free
But the first four are so overused, I'm getting bo-o-o-ored
So please don't, please don't, please don't
If you wa-ant to wri-ite songs, mate
Innovate your score
Don't use, don't use, don't use the same four cho-o-o-o-o-o-ords