How to Play Stressed Out on Guitar?

Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out can be played in the key of F using the F, Dm, Am, C, Em, G chords. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Stressed Out with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out Chords

Chord reference F, Dm, Am, C, Em, G

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[F] [Dm] [Am] [Am] [F]I wish I found some better [Dm]sounds no one’s ever heard [Am]I wish I had a better [Am]voice to sing some better words [F]I wish I found some chords [Dm]in an order that is new [Am]I wish I didn’t have to [Am]rhyme every time I sang [F]I was told when I get [Dm]older all my fears would shrink But [Am]now I’m insecure and I [Am]care what people think

My name’s [F]Blurryface and [Dm]I care what you [Am]think [Am] My name’s [F]Blurryface and [Dm]I care what you [Am]think [Am]

[F]Wish we could [C]turn back time [Am]to the [Em]good old days [Am]When our [G]mommas sang [C]us to sleep, but [E]now we’re stressed out [Am]Wish we could [G]turn back time[C]to the [E]good old days [Am]When our [G]mommas sang [C]us to sleep, but [E]now we’re stressed out

[F] [Dm] [Am] [Am]We’re stressed out [F] [Dm] [Am] [Am] [Am]Sometimes a certain smell will [G]take me back to when I was young [Dm]How come I’m never able to [C]identify where it’s coming from [Am]I’d make a candle out of it [G]if I ever found it Try to [Dm]sell it, never sell out of it, I’d [C]probably only sell one

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

My name’s [F]Blurryface and [Dm]I care what you [Am]think [Am] My name’s [F]Blurryface and [Dm]I care what you [Am]think [Am]

[F]Wish we could [C/E]turn back time [Am]to the [Em]good old days [Am]When our [G]mommas sang [C]us to sleep, but [E]now we’re stressed out [Am]Wish we could [G]turn back time[C]to the [E]good old days [Am]When our [G]mommas sang [C]us to sleep, but [E]now we’re stressed out

We [Am]used to play pretend, give each [G]other different names We would [C]build a rocket ship and then we’d [E]fly it far away Used to [Am]dream of outer space, but now they’re [G]laughing at our face saying, “[C]Wake up, you need to make [E]money.” Yeah.

We [F]used to play pretend, used to [Dm]play pretend, money We [Am]used to play pretend, wake [Am]up, you need the money [F]Used to play pretend, used to [Dm]play pretend, money We [Am]used to play pretend, wake [Am]up, you need the money

[F]Used to play pretend, give each [Dm]other different names We would [Am]build a rocket ship and then we’d [Am]fly it far away Used to [F]dream of outer space, but now they’re [Dm]laughing at our face saying, “[Am]Wake up, you need to make [Am]money.” Yeah.

Artist Twenty One Pilots

Album Matuschkes Lieblinge, Vol. 4

Genres Rock

Year 2015

Key F

Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out can be played in the key of F using the F, Dm, Am, C, Em, G chords.

For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Stressed Out with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.