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Oh Wonder – Baby Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Verse 1]
           D            G
What if my baby started running?
             D                 A
What if she swallowed all the sea?
           D              G
What if I hate who I'm becoming
        Dsus2/B                     A
And my young heart never runs free?
              D              G
What if the sparrows start free
wheeling?
       Dsus2/B            A
Dot to dot the atmosphere
            D               G
What if my tired arms were squeezing
     Dsus2/B              A
Onto moments held so dear?

[Chorus]
G                         Dsus2/B
I'm just afraid that I'm failing
G                         Dsus2/B
I'm just afraid that I'm done
G                         Em
I'm just afraid that I'm washed up
     A/F#              G
And dried out and the water
             A   D
ain't gonna save me

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[Verse 2]
               D
What if she's fixed but
              G
somehow broken?
         D                 A
All the talking makes her cry
         D                    G
And that home she built won't open
     Dsus2/B                    A
Any guest will bleed her dry
             D                    G
But what if stars were in her ceiling?
         D               A
And the planets in her eyes
         D                 G
And the glimmers of that feeling
         Dsus2/B            A
Made her see a hopeful sky

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[Chorus]
        G
'Cause I'm just afraid that
     Dsus2/B     A
I'm failing
 G                       Dsus2/B  A
I'm just afraid that I'm done
 G                        Em
I'm just afraid that I'm washed out
      A/F#            G
And dried up and the water
              A   D
ain't gonna save me

How to play Baby: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Baby by Oh Wonder on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Baby by Oh Wonder is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 6 chords: D, G, A, Dsus2/B, Em and A/F#.

Listen for A – D – G – Dsus2/B (V – I – IV – Isus2 in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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