Sia - Academia: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Academia" 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.

G
You can be my alphabet and I will be your calculator
F#
And together we'll work out on the escalator
G
I will time you as you run up and down
F#
And you'll measure my footsteps as I pleasure this town

I'm greater than X and lesser than Y, so why is it
That I still can't catch your eye?
You're a cryptic crossword, a song I've never heard
While I sit here drawing circles, I'm afraid of being hurt

Chorus:
Bm        D
Oh academia you can't pick me up
G                   A#            C
Soothe me with your words when I need your love

I am a dash and you're a dot
When will you see that I am all that you've got?
I'm a binary code that you've cracked long ago
But to you I'm just a novel that you wish you never wrote

I'm greater than X and lesser than Y, so why is it
That I still can't catch your eye?
You're a cryptic crossword, a song I've never heard
While I sit here drawing circles, I'm afraid of being hurt

Chorus:
Oh, academia, you can pick me up
Soothe me with your words when I need your love

You're a difficult equation with a knack for heart evasion
Will you listen to my proof or will you add another page on?
It appears to me the graph has come and stolen all the laughs
It appears to me the pen is overanalyzed again

And if I am a number, I'm infinity plus one
And if you are five words, you are "afraid to be the one"
And if you are a number, you're infinity plus one
And if I am four words then I am "needing of your love"

Chorus:
Oh, academia, you can pick me up
Soothe me with your words when I need your love

Oh, academia, academia, academia
Oh, academia, academia, academia


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

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 "Academia" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Academia" by Sia.

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