Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Stressed Out" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Stressed Out Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Twenty One Pilots

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Stressed Out" smoothly on your guitar.

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

F                          Dm
I wish I found some better sounds
No one’s ever heard,
Am
I wish I had a better voice and sang
Some better words.
F                          Dm
I wish I found some chords in an order
That is new,
Am
I wish I didn’t have to rhyme
Every time I sang.
F                     Dm
I was told when I get older
All my fears would shrink,
    Am
But now I’m insecure, and I care
What people think.

              F
   My name’s ‘Blurryface’,
       Dm              Am
   And I care what you think.
              F
   My name’s ‘Blurryface’,
       Dm              Am
   And I care what you think.

Chorus:
   F               C/E           Am
     Wish we could turn back time
             E        Am
     To the good old days,
               G         C
     When our mamas sang us to sleep,
          E
     But now we’re stressed out.
     Am                 G
     Oh, wish we could turn back time,
     C           E         Am
     Oh, to the good old days,
               G         C
     When our mamas sang us to sleep,
          E
     But now we’re stressed out,

     We’re stressed out.

Am
Sometimes a certain smell
      G
Will take me back to when I was young.
Dm
How come I’m never able
     C
To identify where it’s coming from?
Am
I’d make a candle out of it
G
If I ever found it.
       Dm
Try to sell it, never sell out of it,
      C
I’d probably only sell one.

Am
It’d be to my brother,
           G
‘Cause we have the same nose.
      Dm
Same clothes, homegrown,
            C
A stone’s throw from a creek we used to roam.
F
But it would remind us
        Dm
Of when nothing really mattered,
        Am
Out of student loans and treehouse homes,
We all would take the latter.

                        F
   Uh, my, my name’s ‘Blurryface’,
       Dm               Am
   And I care what you think.
                F
   My name’s ‘Blurryface’,
       Dm               Am
   And I care what you think.

Chorus

   Am
We used to play pretend,
          G
Give each other different names,
          C
We would build a rocket ship
                E
And then we’d fly it far away.
         Am
Used to dream of outer space
                 G
But now they’re laughing out their face,
          C                         E
Saying, “Wake up, you need to make money.” Yo!

   Am
We used to play pretend,
          G
Give each other different names,
          C
We would build a rocket ship
                E
And then we’d fly it far away.
         Am
Used to dream of outer space
                 G
But now they’re laughing out their face,
          C                         E
Saying, “Wake up, you need to make money.” Yo!

Chorus

   F
We used to play pretend,
        Dm
Used to play pretend money,
   Am
We used to play pretend,
Wake up, you need the money.
   F
We used to play pretend,
        Dm
Used to play pretend money,
   Am
We used to play pretend,
Wake up, you need the money.

   F
We used to play pretend,
          Dm
Give each other different names,
         Am
We would build a rocket ship
And then we’d fly it far away.
          F
Used to dream of outer space
                Dm
But now they’re laughing out their face,
          Am
Saying, “Wake up, you need to make money.” Yo!


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

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 "Stressed Out" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Stressed Out" by Twenty One Pilots.