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Nate Smith – Wreckage Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
G   G    C    C

[Verse]
G
 I don't mean to be guarded,
I don't mean to be rude
C
I don't mean to just shut you out,
                              D
It's just what I've been used to
G                       Bm
My heart got calloused, I don't
 wanna make that excuse
 C
It's hard but you're worth it,
 I just wanna be good for you

[Chorus]
Em              G
  I'm a little damaged,
      D                C
 but damn you saw the good
 Em                G
When everyone saw baggage,
      D                 C
 you loved when no one could

 Am            Em
Laying in this bed beside you,
  G                D
 I don't have to hide away
Em                 G      D
  You see all the wrecka-age
        C
And it wrecks me that you
  G     Bm  G
 stay

[Verse]
 G
When I get lost in my own head,
 you always tell me the truth
 C
And girl you find me right
where I am, you're the
 one thing I can't lose
D G                     D
   Baby you're my hero, I ain't
 scared to say that out loud
 C
You're teaching me to trust again,
                         D
erasing all my doubts, yeah

[Chorus]
Em              G
  I'm a little damaged,
      D                C
 but damn you saw the good
 Em                G
When everyone saw baggage,
      D                 C
you loved when no one could

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 Am            Em
Laying in this bed beside you,
  G                D
 I don't have to hide away
Em                 G      D
  You see all the wrecka-age
        C
And it wrecks me that you
  Am     C
staaay-aaaaay

[Instrumental]
G    D

[Break]
Am
You put all the shattered pieces
  C
 back together, made them better
     G
You saw what I could be
                 D
through all the pain

[Chorus]
Em              G
  I'm a little damaged,
      D                C
 but damn you saw the good
 Em                G
When everyone saw baggage,
      D                 C
 you loved when no one could yeah

 Am            Em
Laying in this bed beside you,
  G                D
 I don't have to hide away
Em                 G      D
  You see all the wrecka-age yeah

Em                 G      D
  You see all the wrecka-age

[Outro]
It wrecks me that you
  G   G   C   C
stay
                           D
And it wrecks me that you stay

How to play Wreckage: key, chords and progression

These are Wreckage chords by Nate Smith on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Wreckage by Nate Smith is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 6 chords: G, C, D, Bm, Em and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – G – D – C (vi – I – V – IV in G major). In solfa, that is lah – doh – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.