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Nate Smith – Reckless Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsBb F Dm C

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INTRO:
Bb    F  Dm C   Bb   F  Dm C

VERSE:
 Bb             F
Loving me ain't easy
Dm             C
I can be like straight 
up whiskey
 Bb               F
Straight out the bottle
Dm                     C
I don't ever mean to chase 
down trouble
    Bb
No, it just finds me

CHORUS:
Bb                 F
I can be a little reckless
Dm              C
Baby, I ain't short on love
Bb                   F
I might be a little sefish
Dm               C
But I'll always fight for us
     Bb                
Not getting caught up, 
         F
staying out too late
       Dm
Never sending that text
            C                  Bb
Now you're sitting here wide awake
                F            Dm
'Cause I don't wanna be reckless
          C                   Bb
Like the way I've been loving you
   Bb    F  Dm   C

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VERSE:
Bb                 F
Baby when it gets dark
     Dm                      C
The storm clouds are rolling in
Bb                      F
You gotta fight those thoughts
         Dm            
It ain't me, It's just 
          C
the way I am

CHORUS:
Bb                 F
I can be a little reckless
Dm              C
Baby, I ain't short on love
Bb                   F
I might be a little sefish
Dm               C
But I'll always fight for us
     Bb                
Not getting caught up, 
         F
staying out too late
       Dm
Never sending that text
            C      
Now you're sitting 
            Bb
here wide awake
         F            Dm
I don't wanna be reckless
          C            
Like the way I've been 
       Bb  F  Dm
loving you
          C            
Like the way I've been 
       Bb  F  Dm  C
loving you
Bb  F  Dm  C

BREAK:
Bb           F
I just wanna be
               Dm       
A little less reckless, 
               C
a little less reckless
Bb           F
I just wanna be
               Dm      
A little less selfish, 
               C
a little more selfless

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CHORUS:
Bb                F
I don't wanna be reckless
Dm              C
Baby, I ain't short on love
Bb                   F
I might be a little selfish
Dm                C
But I'll always fight for us
     Bb                
Not getting caught up, 
         F
staying out too late
       Dm
Never sending that text
            C      
Now you're sitting 
            Bb
here wide awake
         F            Dm
I don't wanna be reckless
          C            
Like the way I've been 
       Bb  F  Dm
loving you
          C            
Like the way I've been 
       Bb  F  Dm  C
loving you

VERSE:
 Bb             F
Loving me ain't easy
Dm              C
I can be like straight 
up whiskey
 Bb               F
Straight out the bottle
Dm                     C
I don't ever mean to chase 
down trouble
N.C.
No, it just finds me

How to play Reckless: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Reckless by Nate Smith on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Reckless by Nate Smith sits in F major (one flat: B♭), and you need 4 chords to play it: Bb, F, Dm and C.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes G, D, Bm, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.