Wave Forms Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays604

Wave Forms by Islands is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, A, Dm, F, Fm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C            A 
I won't ride another wave 
    Dm                    F          C 
and I won't write another word after today 
C             A 
no wave forms out here 
       Dm                F  
adrift amidst an endless sea 
C                   A 
and there's nothing to return to 
       Dm                       F 
you'll find me floating endlessly 

C-Fm-C 

Horn Solo: 
C-A-Dm-F-C-Fm-C 

F             G 
In the golden hour 
        C             F 
holding on to burning embers 
F          G 
there's no sound 
          C 
it's over now can 
          F 
return to sender 
            G        C    Fm     C 
the water's come and I am moving on 

C           A 
I kick back I get made 
  Dm                        F 
I don't need anyone to kick anything 
Fm 
my way 
C            A 
I have taken what I'm afforded 
Dm                   F 
I view the rest as unimportant 

C-Fm 

F             G 
In the golden hour 
        C             F 
holding on to burning embers 
F          G 
there's no sound 
          C 
it's over now can 
          F 
return to sender 
            G        C    Fm     C 
the water's come and I am moving on 

F             G 
In the golden hour 
        C             F 
holding on to burning embers 
F          G 
there's no sound 
          C 
it's over now can 
          F 
return to sender 
            G        C    Fm     C 
the water's come and I am moving on 
Fm     C 
moving on 
Fm     C 
moving on 
Fm     C 
moving on 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante