Noah Kahan – Tidal Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

Noah Kahan – Tidal Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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This is the chord progression of Tidal by Noah Kahan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
B                         G#m              F#
You knew me and my sparrow
G#m             E             B             F#
Happiness tidal, it comes and it goes
B                         G#m             F#
And I sank into the water
G#m             E             B                         F#
How I drifted farther away from the coast

[Pre-Chorus]
E
Sometimes, I get this feeling
B             F#                         G#m
I was breathing someone else’s air
E                                                 B
Two thousand miles away from home
F#
Under that sky, I tried to make my peace with fear

[Chorus]
E                                               B
So I guess I’ll build a boat and live alone
F#                                                 G#m
Lord, I’ll be the last one (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
E                                                             B
Oh, I’ll teach myself to swim and live in my head
F#                                     G#m
And make sense of all my thoughts
E                         B
And if I never reach the land or live again
F#                                                 G#m
Lord, I’ll be just fine (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
E                         B
Yeah, I’ll drift until I’m dead, and until then
F#                                     G#m
I’ll be the last one, I’ll be the last one

[Interlude]
|B G#m F#| G#m E | |B F#

[Verse 2]
B             G#m             F#
I fell into a pattern
G#m                         E                         B             F#
Where nothing would matter if I didn’t care
B             G#m                         F#
To be so close to a coastline
G#m             E             B                         F#
To know that in my life, I’ll never be there

[Pre-Chorus]
E
‘Cause sometimes, I get this feeling
B                                                 F#
I’ve been breathing someone else’s air

[Chorus]
E                         B
So I guess I’ll build a boat and live alone
F#                                                 G#m
Lord, I’ll be the last one (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
E                                                             B
Oh, I’ll teach myself to swim and live in my head
F#                                     G#m
And make sense of all my thoughts
E                                                             B
And if I never reach the land or live again
F#                                     G#m
Lord, I’ll be just fine (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
E B
Yeah, I’ll drift until I’m dead, and until then
F# G#m
I’ll be the last one, I’ll be the last one

[Bridge]
E
And it wears me out
G#m B
All the demons underneath the tide
E G#m
But I sink like stone
B F#
But all the weight of all these dreams of mine
E
And I wish you well
G#m B
You can’t save someone too far to find
E G#m
But it’s wearing me out
B F#
And it’s stormy in the sea tonight, in the sea tonight

[Chorus]
E B
So I guess I’ll build a boat and live alone
F# G#m
Lord, I’ll be the last one (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
E B
Oh, I’ll teach myself to swim and live in my head
F# G#m
And make sense of all my thoughts
E B
And if I never reach the land or live again
F# G#m
Lord, I’ll be just fine (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
E B
Yeah, I’ll drift until I’m dead, and until then
F# G#m
I’ll be the last one, I’ll be the last one

How to play Tidal: key, chords and progression

To play Tidal by Noah Kahan, think in G♯ minor (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). It takes 4 chords: B, G#m, F# and E.

The backbone of the song is F# – G#m – E – B (VII – i – VI – III in G♯ minor). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 25% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B

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Tidal chords: questions

What key is Tidal in?

Tidal by Noah Kahan is in the key of G♯ minor (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in Tidal?

Tidal uses 4 chords: B, G#m, F#, E.

What is the chord progression of Tidal?

The main progression is F# – G#m – E – B (VII – i – VI – III).

Is Tidal easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 25% without a capo).

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