Lauv - 26: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "26" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

B                 F#
Can I tell you a story
        D#m                   C#
'Bout a boy who broke his own heart?
                     B             F#
And he always blamed everybody else
                         D#m              C#
But the truth is that he did it to himself
    B                       F#
He made a couple songs and they got big
D#m                               C#
Thought that he could do whatever he wanted
       B   F#                          D#m   C#
But it all left him with a hole in his heart

B       F#   D#m            C#
Ooh-ooh-ooh, money buys you happiness
    B       F#      D#m             C#
But ooh-ooh-ooh, it doesn't buy you time

Chorus:
     B              F#
The more that I get older
    D#m             C#
The less I wanna be sober
    B                F#
And I can't quit, goddamnit
D#m             C#
Maybe I'm just broken
    B            F#
And I'll never admit it
       D#m             C#
That I wish that I was younger
     B               F#   D#m
Yeah, twenty-six and rich
                    C#           B
How the hell did it come to this?

And I wish I could tell you
That everything is perfect, but it's not
I was staring at the ceiling for, like, ten days
But I'm pretty sure that I forgot
What it's like to be a person that doesn't think
That everything he does just sucks
Oh, it's a perfect world until it's not

Ooh-ooh-ooh
Money buys you happiness
But, ooh-ooh-ooh
Doesn't buy you time

Chorus

The more that I get older
The less I wanna be sober
Yeah, twenty-six and rich
How the hell did it come to this?


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

F#

Guitar chord F#

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar 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 "26" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "26" by Lauv.