Waves Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays426

Waves by The Dear Hunter is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G, Fmaj7 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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Am
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16
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Am                      C 
I thought that I knew love 
C                           G          Fmaj7 
but it was just the wave crashing over us 
Am                   C 
and in the breaths between the ones we meant to breath 
         G             Fmaj7 
I had my head under my feet 

F                         G 
you knew the way things were 
F                            G 
you knew the way they would be 
F                G      Am 
we knew exactly how it'd end 

Am       C 
oh oh oh oh oh 
C                 G        Fmaj7 
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 

Am                  C 
strays on a stable sea 
C                             G        Fmaj7 
i'll anchor the engine to a canyon far beneath(?) 
Am                    C 
the water rushed up from the boards below 
C                        G              Fmaj7 
so i started slicking my hair with the kerosene 

F                         G 
you knew the way things were 
F                      G 
you knew the way they would be 
F               G        Am 
we knew exactly how it'd end 

C                                 Am 
And I'm preparing for a burial at sea 
Fmaj7                   G    C 
and I can't see the lighthouse 
C                                             Am 
yeah I'm praying that these waters don't take me 
Fmaj7                     G   Am 
cause I can't see the lighthouse 

Am        C 
oh oh oh oh oh 
   C            G          Fmaj7 
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 
Am             C 
oh oh oh oh oh oh 
C             G      Am 
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 

F 
I was screaming that the ship was sinking 
Am 
but you were telling me to just keep drinking 
G 
quartered in the parts again (?) 
Am 
arms and legs in the bottom of the ocean 
F 
and the thing that made it so much harder 
Am 
is the fact that you were someones daughter 

F                       G 
I knew the way things were 
F                         G 
I knew the way they would be 
 F              G        C 
I knew exactly how it'd end 


C                    Am 


Fmaj7                   G   C 
And I can't see the lighthouse 
C                                  Am 
and I'm preparing for a burial at sea 
Fmaj7                   G   C 
but I can't see the lighthouse 
C                                             Am 
yeah I'm praying that these waters don't take me 
Fmaj7                    G   Am 
cause I can't see the lighthouse 

Am                     C 
I thought that I knew love 
C                         G          Am 
but it was just a wave crashing over us 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante