How to Play Waves on Guitar?

Dean Lewis - Waves can be played in the key of G using the G, Bm, D, A, Em chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Waves with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Dean Lewis - Waves Chords

Chord reference G, Bm, D, A, Em

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G] [Bm] [D] [A] [G]There is a swelling [Bm]storm, and I’m [D]caught up in the middle of it [A]all And it [G]takes [Bm]control of the person that I thought [D]I was The boy I used to [A]know, [G]there is a [A]light in the [Bm]dark [D]And I feel its [G]warmth, in my [A]hands, in my [Bm]heart [Em]Why can’t [D]I hold [A]on?

[Bm]It comes and [G]goes in [D]waves, [A]it always [Bm] [G]does, it [D]always [A]does We [Bm]watch as our [G]young hearts [D]fade, [A]into the [Bm]flood, [G] [D]into the [A]flood

[G]Freedom, [A]falling, [Bm]the feeling that I [D]thought was [A]set in [G]stone [G]Slips through [A]my fingers, [Bm]trying [D]hard to let go [Em]It comes and [D]goes in [A]waves, [Em]it comes and [D]goes in [A]waves [A]It carries us away

[G]Through the [Bm]wind, down to the [D]place we used to lay when we were [A]kids [G]Memories of a stolen [Bm]place, caught in the [D]silence, an echo lost in [A]space [Bm]It comes and [G]goes in [D]waves, [A]it always [Bm] [G]does, it [D]always [A]does We [Bm]watch as our [G]young hearts [D]fade, [A]into the [Bm]flood, [G] [D]into the [A]flood

[G]I watched my [Bm]wild youth [A]disappear in [D]front of my eyes [G]Moments of [Bm]magic and [A]wonder, [A]seems so hard to find [G]Is it coming [Bm]back again? [A]Is it ever [D]coming [A]back again? [G]Take me back to the [Bm]feeling when, [A]everything was left to find

[Bm]It comes and [G]goes in [D]waves, [A]it always [Bm] [G]does, it [D]always [A]does [G]Freedom, [A]falling, [Bm]the feeling that I [D]thought was [A]set in [G]stone [G]Slips through [A]my fingers, [Bm]trying [D]hard to let go [Em]It comes and [D]goes in [A]waves, [Em]it comes and [D]goes in [A]waves [A]It carries us away

Artist Dean Lewis

Album Same Kind of Different

Genres Alternative, Indie, Pop

Year 2017

Key G

Dean Lewis - Waves can be played in the key of G using the G, Bm, D, A, Em chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Waves with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.