Breaking The Waves Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays424

Breaking The Waves by Seth Malvin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, A, C, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: G D A C (x2) 
  
Verse 
G       D              Am              C 
You and I are one of a kind, one of a kind 
G           D                  Am                C 
We waste space — turning the tides, breaking the waves 
G           D        Am                          C 
Time won’t wait — apologize and maybe you’ll save some face 
    G     D       Am       C 
The Darkness won’t escape us 
G   D           Am         C 
Death, it won’t wait for us 
  
Interlude  
Em  G  D  A 

C       Em             G            D   A 
I don’t know about the fire in your heart 
C          Em          G       D    A 
This won’t go, but you give me reason 
C          Em          G             D    A 
The seventeenth of your body’s in season 
  
Verse 
G       D              Am              C 
You and I are one of a kind, one of a kind 
G           D                  Am                C 
We waste space — turning the tides, breaking the waves 
G           D        Am                          C 
Time won’t wait — apologize and maybe you’ll save some face 
    G     D       Am       C 
The Darkness won’t escape us 
G   D           Am         C 
Death, it won’t wait for us 
  
Interlude  
Em  G  D  A 
   
C       Em             G            D   A 
I don’t know about the fire in your heart 
C          Em          G       D    A 
This won’t go, but you give me reason 
C          Em          G             D    A 
The seventeenth of your body’s in season 
    	

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