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Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Heavy Wing Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
 Em   Em   A#   2x
 E   E

[Verse 1]
 E      D       A
Golden light streamin'
from your eyes
 Am                     G
Give me a piece of the real thing
       B7
And I live with you this life
   E            D      A
Stripped and clean, a restless
wolverine
   Am                     G
An eloquent part of the whole dance
         B7
And I stray

[Pre-Chorus]
 F                        Am
Tell the whole world to slow down
    D#                   Em
We gotta get off and we gotta
go 'round
 F                       Am
Tell the whole world to roll down
     D#                  A
The window is broken, forever
unspoken
A
Only whenever

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[Chorus]
D       F            D     F
Oh, I know that it's only gold
       D                F
And I come slow now for evеrything
  D#5   A#      D#5   C
The heavy wing
D       F            D     F
Oh, I know that it's only gold
        D               F
And I bleed into your pleasantriеs
  D#5    A#
The memory
  D#5    C
Che  -  mistry

[Verse 2]
 E        D         A
Death to rise, subtraction of advice
      Am                 G
The criminal ties of my rival
          B7
And I'll roll these dice
 E        D     A
Cold supply, scraping to get by
  Am                    G
Blatantly flooding the low rise
            B7
And I'll throw this dice

[Pre-Chorus]
  F                       Am
Trace me now through your innocence
 D#                        Em
Tell me it's part of the program
I started
  F                        Am
Space me now through your citizens
 D#                        A
Tell me it's part of the whole
plan now
  A
Bringing my slow hand

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[Chorus]
D       F            D     F
Oh, I know that it's only gold
       D                F
And I come slow now for evеrything
  D#5   A#      D#5   C
The heavy wing
D       F            D     F
Oh, I know that it's only gold
        D               F
And I bleed into your pleasantriеs
  D#5    A#
The memory
  D#5    C
Che  -  mistry

[Guitar Solo]
 Em   Em   A#
 E    D   A   Am    G   B7   2x

[Chorus]
E       G            E     G
Oh, I know that it's only gold
       E                G
And I come slow now for evеrything
  F5    C      F5   D
The heavy wing
E       G            E     G
Oh, I know that it's only gold
        E               G
And I bleed into your pleasantriеs
  F5     C
The memory
  F      D      E
Che  -  mistry

How to play The Heavy Wing: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for The Heavy Wing by Red Hot Chili Peppers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

The Heavy Wing by Red Hot Chili Peppers is centred on A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 13 chords: Em, A#, E, D, A, Am, G, B7, F, D#, D#5 and C and 1 more.

The backbone of the song is E – D – A – Am (V – IV – I – i in A minor). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: on guitar, A#, F, D#, D#5 and F5 need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.