Cascadia Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays734

Cascadia by Said The Whale is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bb5, C, Am, Bm7, Am7 and Bbmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: D D Bb5 C Am 

Verse: 1 
D                  Bm7 
 I feel frozen and lonely 
  Bb5              C                    Am 
I wanna wake up happy enough, welcoming sun in my bedroom 
D                   Bm7              Bb5 
 Maybe northern California, I need a dose of the sea 
      C                       Am 
Sleep on the beach just for a week with no trouble 
D           Bm7          Bb5                 C 
 It's all irrational but somewhere there's a green and white and blue flag waving 


D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5    Am 
   California in the sunlight 
D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5       Am                     D 
   Oregon Shores would be alright 

Verse: 2 
D Bb5 Am  D     Bm7  Bb5       C                Am 
        I care about policy in increments, it's seasonal 
  D     Bm7  Bb5              C             Am 
I care about people and their loved ones, I do 
  D     Bm7      Bb5                    C                     Am                D 
I care about the colour of your eyes as much as I can see the way you elegantly move 

 
D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5    Am 
   California in the sunlight 
D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5       Am 
   Oregon Shores would be alright 
D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5    Am 
   California in the spotlight 
D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5       Am 
   Snoqualmie and the Columbia 

Bridge 
Bb5 Am7 
    Bbmaj7                        Am7 
I'm fearful of the consequence of solving all your problems 
    Bbmaj7                           Am7 
I'm happy here, I know its real, Its common ground, It's evergreen 
     Bbmaj7                              Am7 
It's mass appeal, It's underground, It's what I know, It's lost and found 
     Bbmaj7  Am7 
It's seasonal 


D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5    Am 
   California in the sunlight 
D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5       Am 
   Oregon Shores would be alright 
D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5    Am 
   California in the spotlight 
D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5       Am 
   Snoqualmie and the Columbia 

Outro 
D 
 I wanna build Cascadia 
Bb5       Am 
   Snoqualmie and the Columbia 
    	

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