The Wedge Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays550

The Wedge by Phish is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, G, D, E, C, B and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A                      G 
  We're bobbing on the surface 

          D               A 
  And the shadow glides below 

          A               A                              
  They say she feels my heartbeat 

G         D                   A 
  Oh, but how, I'll never know 

  
A                      G 
  We're bobbing on the surface 

          D               A 
  And the shadow glides below 

          A               A                              
  They say she feels my heartbeat 

G         D                G    
  Oh, but how, I'll never know 

  
  
G               D             A 
  That it's the ocean flowing in our veins 

G                   D                  A 
  Oh, that it's the salt that's in our tears 

G               D                  A 
  Oh, 'cause we could have come so very far 

G           D             E 
  Oh, in at least as many years 

         D                   C       A    
Take the highway through the great divide 

         D                   C       E 
Take the highway through the great divide 

  
A                    G 
  I'm building you a pyramid 

       D                   A 
  With limestone blocks so large 

          A               A          
  I drag them from the mountaintop 

G                  D       A 
  You'll need a, a two-car garage 
  
A                    G 
  I'm building you a pyramid 

       D                   A 
  With limestone blocks so large 

     C                 A          
  I drag them from the mountaintop 

G                  D       A 
  You'll need a, a two-car garage 
  

  
G               D             A 
  That it's the ocean flowing in our veins 

G                   D                  A 
  Oh, that it's the salt that's in our tears 

G               D                  A 
  Oh, 'cause we could have come so very far 

G           D             E 
  Oh, in at least as many years 

         D                   C       A    
Take the highway through the great divide 

         D                   C       E 
Take the highway through the great divide 

  
Solo over:                  
D A E D A B A E B A E E 

  
A                 E             B 
  'cause it's the ocean flowing in our veins 

A                     E                  B 
  Oh, 'cause it's the salt that's in our tears 

A               E                  B 
  Oh, 'cause we could have come so very far 

A           E             F# 
  Oh, in at least as many years 
  
           E                   D       B 
  Take the highway through the great divide 

           E                   D       F#   
  Take the highway through the great divide 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante