Jun192019

Bruce Springsteen – Chasing Wild Horses Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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This is the chord progression of Chasing Wild Horses by Bruce Springsteen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Em7 D/F# G (3x)

[Verse 1]
Em7 D5/F# G
Guess it was somethin’ I shouldn’t have done
Em7 D5/F# G
Guess I regret it now
Em7 D5/F# G
Ever since I was a kid
Em7 D5/F# G
Tryin’ to keep my temper down is like
A Asus4 A G
Chasin’ wild horses, chasin’ wild horses
A Asus4 A
Chasin’ wild horses

[Chorus 1]
D D/F# G
Left my home, left my friends
D D/F# G
I didn’t say goodbye
D D/F# G
I contract out to the BLM
D D/F# G
Up on the Montana line
A Asus4
Chasin’ wild horses,
G
Chasin’ wild horses

[Verse 2]
Em7 D/F# G
We’re out before summer
Em7 D/F# G
In after sundown
Em7 D/F# G
There’s two men in the chopper
Em7 D/F# G
Two under saddle on the ground
Em7 D/F# G
In the evenings we’d hop in the pickup
Em7 D/F# G
Head into town for a drink
Em7 D/F# G
Make sure I work ’til I’m so damn tired
Em7 D/F# G
Way too tired to think

D D/F# G
You lose track of time
D D/F# G
It’s all just storms blowin’ through
D D/F# G
You come rollin’ ‘cross my mind
D D/F# G
Your hair flashin’ in the blue
A Asus4 A G
Like wild horses, just like wild horses
A
Just like wild horses

[melody]
D D/F# G (4x)
A Asus4 A G

[Verse 2]
Em7 D/F# G
Fingernail moon in a twilight sky
Em7 D/F# G
Ridin’ high grass of the switchback
Em7 D/F# G
I shout your name into the canyon
Em7 D/F# G
The echo throws it back

D D/F# G
The winter snow whites out the plains
D D/F# G
‘Til it can turn me blind
D D/F# G
The only thing up here I’ve found
D D/F# G
Is tryin’ to get you off my mind
A Asus4 A G
Chasin’ wild horses, chasin’ wild horses
A Asus4 A G
Chasin’ wild horses, chasin’ wild horses

[Intrumental]
D D/F# G (4x)
A Asus4 A
D D/F# G (4x)
A Asus4 A

How to play Chasing Wild Horses: key, chords and progression

Chasing Wild Horses by Bruce Springsteen is written in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯) and moves through 7 chords: Em7, D/F#, G, D5/F#, A, Asus4 and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – D – D/F# – G (IV – I – I – IV in D major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – doh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.