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Juice chords by Lizzo

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Juice | Chords + Lyrics

Intro

||: Dm7 | F7sus4 F7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C :||

Verse 1

Bridge 1

Chorus 1

Chorus tag 1

Verse 2

No, I’m not a snack at all look, baby, I’m the whole damn meal (ooh, baby).
Baby, you ain’t being slick don’t dare try to cop a feel (ooh, baby).
The juice ain’t worth the squeeze if the juice don’t look like this (like this, like this, like this).
Hold up, nigga, please don’t make me have to take your bitch, shit (how I roll).

Bridge 2 (no stops)

If I’m shining, everybody gonna shine (yeah, I’m goals).
I was born like this, don’t even gotta try (now you know).
I’m like Chardonnay, get better over time (so you know).
Heard you say I’m not the baddest bitch, you lie (you lie).

Chorus 2

It ain’t my fault that I’m out here getting loose.
Gotta blame it on the Goose. Gotta blame it on my juice, baby.
It ain’t my fault that I’m out here making news.
I’m the pudding in the proof. Gotta blame it on my juice.

Chorus tag 2

Ya-ya-ee (ya-ya-ee), ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee.
Blame it on my juice, blame it, blame it on my juice.
Ya-ya-ee (ya-ya-ee), ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee.
Blame it on my juice, blame it, blame it on my juice, ya-ya-ee (alright).

Breakdown

||: N.C | N.C :||
Somebody come get this man, I think he got lost in my DMs.
What? My DMs, what?
You better come get your man, I think he wanna be way more than friends.
What? More than friends, what you want me to say?

Chorus 3

Outro (as chorus 1)

Ya-ya-ee (yay-ya), ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee.
Blame it on my juice, blame it, blame it on my juice.
Ya-ya-ee (ya-ya-ee), ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee.
| Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | Dm7 N.C |
Blame it on my juice, blame it, blame it on my juice (blame it on it, yeah).

Juice Chords: Learn the progressions

Based on a four-bar chord progression in the key of Dm, there is only a blues-influenced variation over the F chord, briefly taking us outside the diatonic key.

||: Dm7 (VI) | F7sus4 F7 (I7) | Bbmaj7 (IV) | Bbmaj7 C (V) :||

This is what we call a modal interchange, it creates tension which is needed to make the listener sit up and take notice, but not put them off.

I’ve designed some TAB for how to play the verse, chorus, and tag, as well as a full analysis of how the guitar parts work so well by taking rhythms out, rather than adding to it as the tune builds.

Here’s a link to the TAB lesson: Juice – Guitar Lesson with TAB.

The people behind this hit certainly knew what they were doing, it wasn’t just down to that one clever little outside chord!

Whenever a tune is in a minor key, the first question for me is if it’s Dorian or Aeolian. Usually, when it’s Dance music, Disco or Funk, it’s Dorian.

In the case of Juice, it’s Aeolian and the reason for this can be found in the two chords Bbmaj7 and C. Two major chords a tone apart are always IV – V, making the Dm chord VI.

The variation is clear, the F7 is a modal interchange and should have been chord I which is maj7, not dom7.

The note that has changed/is providing the variation is an Eb, in relation to D, that’s a b9 making that Dm Phrygian, not Aeolian.

Looking at the vocal melody, it’s all D Minor Pentatonic, meaning the melody avoids Dorian, Aeolian, and Phrygian, it’s the chords that provide the modal colours. This is an extremely good songwriting tip!

After you played with Lizzo and studied my TAB, this chord chart is a nice reminder of what the chords for Juice are, but also helps with when the stops happen.

Juice Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro

Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Juice Chord Chart PDF.

This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Juice iReal Pro. Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key last minute if the singer needs it.

Juice was Lizzo’s first big hit!

Juice was Lizzo’s first hit, it is a single from her major label debut Cuz I Love U (2019).

Looking at her discography, Good As Hell was released before but that didn’t become a hit until re-released just after Juice, also in 2019.

Following these two worldwide hits, Lizzo became a household name and could even bring out the jazz flute without too dark consequences.

The hits following include Rumours, About Damn Time, and as late as 2023, Pink from the movie Barbie, this one was produced by non-other than Mark Ronson.

Juice Chords | Related Pages

Juice | Guitar Lesson + TAB

With this guitar lesson, you can learn to play Juice by Lizzo using TAB and chord analysis.

| Dm7 | F7sus4 F7 |
Mirror, mirror on the wall don’t say it ’cause I know I’m cute…

Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

When you can play Juice's chords, try these five tunes from the songbook.

Lizzo tunes

It would take several albums and singles before the world woke up and accepted Lizzo for who she was and her all-inclusive, body-positive message.

Her best tunes include Juice, About Damn Time, Truth Hurts, Boys, Tempo, as well as covers of Stayin’ Alive and A Change Is Gonna Come.

Lizzo on the web

About me | Dan Lundholm

Dan Lundholm wrote this guitar lesson on Juice's chords.

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