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Oh Wonder – Kicking The Doors Down Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Verse 1]
    C                          F
The minute you know there's a flicker
    Am                        G
The whole of the world loses shape
      C
When all of your hopes are
            F
found in a person
      Am                         G
Then all of your fears scatter away

[Chorus]
          F
And you both say, "What the hell
 Am     G
was my life before we met?"
 Em       F
And you both say, "We'll be here,
 Am    G
do or die, with no regrets"
Em        F
And you both say,
               Am       G
"I'll be your lover forever"
                  Em
"Thick or thin, through
      F     Am    G
it together"
                            C   F
We'll be kicking the doors down
                   Am   G
Kicking the doors down

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[Verse 2]
       C                       F
Then somehow you grow into an island
        Am
You've patched all the holes,
            G
still you sink
     C
The water will flow
             F
'til you're drowning
         Am
There's no one to hold,
               G
pushed to the brink

[Chorus]
          F
And you both say, "Hell,
       Am    G
I was doing fine before we met"
Em       F
And you both say, "Why'd I waste
 Am       G
all this time? You're so pathetic"
Em        F
And you both say,
            Am           G
"I'm gonna give up, surrender"
             Em
"Blame this shit on
     F           Am   G
the bad weather"
                            C    F
We'll be kicking the doors down
                   Am   G
Kicking the doors down

[Verse 3]
         C
But the second you fold,
            F
there's an answer
   Am                      G
A glimmer of gold in the grey
       C                        G
The space in your bed's getting bigger
           Am
There's a stack of regret where
                        G
we let it all set to a fade

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[Chorus]
         F                    Am
And you both say, "Why are we on
    G
a race to separate lives?"
Em      F                      Am
And you both say, "What if we made
    G
a pact to make it right?"
Em       F
And you both say,
             Am         G
"What if we loosen the tightrope?
            Em            F
"Back to before with the high hopes"
 Am   G

                            C   F
We'll be kicking the doors down
                    Am   G
Kicking the doors down
                            C    F
We'll be kicking the doors down
                  Am    G
Kicking the doors down (Da-da-dum)
                            C
We'll be kicking the doors down
  F
(Da-da-da-da-da-dum)
                   Am
Kicking the doors down
 G
(Da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum)
                   C    F   Am   G
Kicking the doors down
                             C
We'll be kicking the doors down

How to play Kicking The Doors Down: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Kicking The Doors Down by Oh Wonder
on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Kicking The Doors Down by Oh Wonder, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 5 chords: C, F, Am, G and Em.

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

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.