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OneRepublic – Wild Life Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 9, 2026

ChordsD Em Bm Dsus2 G AD/DbA/F#D/D

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This is the chords of by Wild Life on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D  Em  Bm
D  Em  Bm
D  Em  Bm

[Verse 1]
    D               
I’m staring at these 
 Dsus2  Em Bm
sudden waterfall
D                     
Tears that don’t make 
Dsus2    Em Bm
sense to me at all
     D                  
This life's what happens
 Dsus2        Em      Bm
 when you’re making plans
      D                
Don’t know what happens
 Dsus2   Em      Bm
 next or where I stand

[Chorus]
                G        
Wanna live this wild life, 
        A     D
wild, every day
D/Db  A
Ooooooooooooh
              G     
Wanna say the things 
        A     D
people never say
D/Db  A
Oooooooooooh
          G           
I’ll take all the love 
     A       Bm
and all the pain
A    A/F#
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
                G       
Wanna live this wild life,
    A     D   D/Db  A
 wild today
 G  A   D   D/Db  A
Ooooooh
 G  A   D   D/Db  A
Ooooooh

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[Interlude]
        G                
Give me all your love and 
 A        Bm     A   A/F#
all your pain
                  G      
Gonna live this wild life
   A    D    A
 wild today

[Verse 2]
    D               
I’m staring at these 
       Em    Bm
faded signs ahead
    D                   
But all these turns just 
      Em Bm
fill me up with dread
     D                 
But life's what happens
             Em     Bm
 when you’re making plans
D                    
Dive or step right in 
     Em             Bm
but please don’t stand

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[Chorus]
                G        
Wanna live this wild life, 
        A     D
wild, every day
D/Db  A
Ooooooooooooh
              G     
Wanna say the things 
        A     D
people never say
D/Db  A
Oooooooooooh
          G           
I’ll take all the love 
     A       Bm
and all the pain
A    A/F#
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
                G        
Wanna live this wild life, 
   A     D   D/D  A
wild today
 G  A   D   D/Db  A
Ooooooh
 G  A   D   D/Db  A
Ooooooh

[Ending]
        G                
Give me all your love and
 A        Bm     A  A/F#
 all your pain
                G        
Gonna live this wild life 
  A     D   D/Db  A
wild today
G  A  D  D/Db  A
G  A  D  D/Db  A
G  A  Bm  A   A/F#
G  A  D  D/Db  A

How to play Wild Life: key, chords and progression

Wild Life by OneRepublic is written in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯) and moves through 9 chords: D, Em, Bm, Dsus2, G, A, D/Db, A/F# and D/D.

Most of the song cycles through G – A – D – D/Db (IV – V – I – I in D major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – doh – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

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