These Wilder Things Chords
by Ruth Moody
These Wilder Things by Ruth Moody is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G/B, Am, G, Em and Gsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C
All this time
F C
it was staring me in the face
G/B Am
I was so far gone
F G
I could have ended it right there
C F C G/B Am
I was dead in the ring, lost in the race
C
All this time it was with me
G C
when I was nowhere
verse 2
F C
Well it cuts the deepest
F C G/B Am
when you watch it moving in
C
And there ain't nothing
F G
you can do to turn it round
C F C G/B Am
There ain't no armor can save you then
C
Love takes no prisoners
G C
on this battleground
F
And letting go
C
is the hardest part
Em
When holding on
F Gsus4
has been everything
C F Am F
Well I have this pain deep in my heart
C
That's why I sing,
G C
that's why I sing
F C G/B Am F C G C
verse 3
F C
Cut me open
F C
when I'm dead and gone
G/B Am
You'll see this one ring,
F G
stained dark as wine
C F C G/B Am
This was always to be part of my story
C
Not yours but mine,
G C
not yours but mine
F
And letting go
C
is the hardest part
Em
Holding on,
F G
some semblance of control
C F Am F
Well I have this pain deep in my heart
C
But I am still whole,
G C
I am still whole
F C
And I will waste my heart on fear no more
F C G
I will find a secret bell and make it ring
C F C
And let the rest be washed up on the shore
F C Gsus4 G Am
They can't be tamed, these wilder things
F C G C
No, they can't be tamed, these wilder things
F C G Am F C G C F C