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Morgan Wade – Wilder Days Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Wilder Days by Morgan Wade on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

INTRO
C F

VERSE
C
Hand in my hair and you said I look pretty
F
You’re so devious rolled in from the windy city and
Am
I ain’t got a clear view
Am F
Just tell me what you want me to do
C
Tell me every single serity oh my
Em
Come on baby we got nothing but time
Am
You say I’m too young for you
F
You’re scared I’m too right for you

CHORUS
G C
You said you hate the smell of cigarette smoke
F
You only used to smoke when you drank
Am
When you lived in Chicago sure as the wind blows
F
I wish I’d known you in your wilder days
C Em
Now here we go you got me fallin’ in love again
Am
You got a secret, I wanna keep it
F C
I wish I’d known you in your wilder days
C F F
(I wish I’d known you in your wilder days)

VERSE
C
The way you move your hands across my body
F
I’m kissing you in a hotel lobby
Am
Baby I don’t wanna lose this feeling
F
You’re giving me something to believe in
C
And who were you before I knew your name
Em
Were you drunk at midnight waiting for a train
Am
You could’ve been anyone back then
F F G
Just a-nother kid reaching for the wi-i-ind

CHORUS
G C
You said you hate the smell of cigarette smoke
F
You only used to smoke when you drank
Am
When you lived in Chicago sure as the wind blows
F
I wish I’d known you in your wilder days
C Em
Now here we go you got me fallin’ in love again
Am
You got a secret I wanna keep it
F C
I wish I’d known you in your wilder days
C F F
(These are wilder days for wilder ways)

BREAK
Dm
What were you like when you were a little wilder
F F
Why dont you show me, why dont you show me
Dm
What you were like when you got a little higher
G G
Just for tonight, just for tonight

CHORUS
G C
You said you hate the smell of cigarette smoke
F
You only used to smoke when you drank
Am
When you lived in Chicago sure as the wind blows
F
I wish I’d known you in your wilder days
C Em
Now here we go you got me fallin’ in love again
Am
You got a secret I wanna keep it
F C C
I wish I’d known you in your wilder days

OUTRO
F Am Am
I wish I’d known you in your wilder days
F C
I wish I’d known you in your wilder days

How to play Wilder Days: key, chords and progression

Wilder Days by Morgan Wade is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: C, F, Am, Em, G and Dm.

Listen for C – F – Am – F (I – IV – vi – IV in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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