Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend Chords
Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow. Using the Transpose tool, switch to A key to play this song with easier chords.
Guitar Gm chord diagram
Guitar Cm chord diagram
Guitar 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?
[verse 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
[verse 3]
[Gm] [Gm]
I wanna end me. [Gm] I wanna, I wanna, I wanna end me
[Gm] I wanna, I wanna, I wanna
[verse 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?
[verse 5]
(Listen)
[Gm] Keep you in the dark, what, had you expected
[Gm] Me to make you my art and make you a star
[verse 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
[verse 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
[verse 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
[verse 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 Guitar (Step-by-step)
Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend on guitar 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;
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 1.
- Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
- Keep pinky on E string fret 3.
2. Cm → D chord transition
To move from Cm to D;
- While playing Cm, lift your pinky from E string fret 3.
- Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from D string fret 1 to E string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.
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.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
- Keep ring finger on B string fret 3.
- Place pinky on E string 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 Chordier.
- These transition patterns show how Bury A Friend connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.After Gm, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (15%), F (12%), and Dm (9%).
- Gm → Cm: 7%
After Cm, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (22%), F (11%), and Gm (9%).- Cm → D: 8%