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Clairo – Wade Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsBb C Gm D7 Eb Cm F Em D Ebm G Em7 Dm7 Dm C7 Gm7

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[Verse 1]
Bb          C                Gm
Holding out all my fears and faults
                   D7
Those that conquer me
Eb      Cm         F
Started the second pack
                      Bb       Gm Em
'Fore the first one's finishin'

[Verse 2]
Bb        D          C
I like to bridge the gap between
  Gm                  D7
A break and long-lost lovers
Ebm  Cm        F            Bb
Only to get me by until I decide
          C
I've had enough

[Verse 3]
Bb                      C
Most of the time, I can feel
them on me
    Gm                       D7
The eyes from the stranger's window
     Eb
It's dark and it's lonely,
F
but it's nothin' to me
   Bb               Gm   G Bb
At least somebody's home

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[Interlude]
C Gm D7 Eb F
Bb Gm F

[Verse 4]
  C                 F  C    F
Decades are wastin' on your name
       C         F  C       F    C F
You'll grasp the concept of life
     F   C    F  C
When you give up the
         F     C F
point of tryin'
       C            F               C
If you don't do the things that you do
F            C         F
They'll just happen to you

[Interlude]
Em7 Dm7 C F
C Dm C
Bb F

[Verse 5]
Bb                 Cm
Pulling out all my weight
          Gm              D7
And do my part and you'll say
 Eb                     F
"Oh, I'm so glad you're here
        Bb    Gm
with us today
    Bb                   C
You probably thought you would
be gone"
    Gm                    D7
And until there's another way
  Eb                     F
I just have to face that there's
no real place
   Bb                       Gm    Bb
To go and I could really be alone

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[Interlude]
C7 Gm7 Dm7 Eb F
Bb Gm F

[Verse 6]
    Bb
I'd promise you now
        C
that if I had known
  Gm                   D7
I wouldn't be standing here
        Eb
There's memories to be made
    F
And water that's to wade
  Bb                    Gm    Cm
I used it all up drying tears

[Verse 7]
   Bb
Of course I don't regret
    Cm
The moments where I wept
    Gm                        D7
And yearned for what I've got now
     Eb
It's only time,
         F
it won't age like wine
         Bb
But it's mine and
              C    F
I'll take the blow

[Outro]
Bb C Gm D7
Eb F Bb Gm
Bb C Gm D7
Eb F Bb Eb
D Bb

How to play Wade: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Wade by Clairo on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Wade by Clairo is written in B♭ major (two flats: B♭, E♭) and moves through 16 chords: Bb, C, Gm, D7, Eb, Cm, F, Em, D, Ebm, G and Em7 and 4 more.

The backbone of the song is Gm – D7 – Eb – F (vi – III7 – IV – V in B♭ major). In solfa, that is lah – mi – fah – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: Bb, Gm, Eb, Cm and F are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.