Heat Waves
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: EmCapotraste:
2nd traste
ARRANGEMENT NOTES__________________________________________________________________
1. Arranged for fingerstyle singer + 1 guitar, approximates D. Robinson rendition w/ 2
guitars.
2. For the arpeggiations in the riffs, I didn't write ALL pull-off/-on variants used.
Do what feels right.
3. Tried to get word perfect on the chord progressions; let me know if it feels off.
4. For the chorus, a few strum pattern variants seem to be used. I give one I like,
but play around.
LEGEND________________________________________________________________________________
PLUCK = Pluck chord once and hold
STRUM = Strum pattern (either per meta-information, or pattern from below)
x = times to play something
X = palm mute or don't play string
( ) = optional note or alternative arrangement
{ } = pull-off/hammer-on/slide
[ ] = single-note (not full chord); Ex: [1E-3] means high E string, 3rd fret (a high
G note)
v = downstroke (V means on the beat)
^ = upstroke
G11 = Gadd11; one of four G shape variants used for this arrangement
ve. = verse
C/Cm7 = just written as Cm7, but follow the Riff tab (RIFF 3)
[CHORDS]_____________________________________________________________________________
Am G1 Em D/A Cm7 G2 D2 D5 A G11
G3
1E||---0---|---3---|---0---|---2---||---0---|---3---|---X---|---5---||---8---|---7---|--
2B||---1---|---0---|---0---|---3---||---3---|---3---|---3---|---3---||---5---|---8---|--
3G||---2---|---0---|---0---|---2---||---0---|---0---|---2---|---2---||---5---|---5---|--
4D||---2---|---0---|---2---|---0---||---2---|---0---|---0---|---0---||---7---|---5---|--
5A||---0---|---2---|---2---|---0---||---3---|---2---|-------|-------||---X---|---X---|--
6E||---0---|---3---|---0---|---X---||---0---|---3---|-------|-------||---X---|---X---|--
-3---||
-3---||
-4---||
-5---||
-X---||
-X---||
RIFFS & STRUMMING__________________________________________________________________
VERSE RIFF (RIFF 1, R1) PRE-CHORUS RIFF A (RIFF 2, R2)
Am G1 Em D A G11 G3 D
1E||------|------|------|------| 1E||8---8-|7---7-|3---3-|2---2-|
2B||---1--|---0--|---0--|---3--| 2B||---5--|---8--|---3--|---3--|
3G||----2-|----0-|----0-|--2-2-| 3G||--5---|--5---|--4---|--2---|
4D||--2---|--0---|--2---|0-----| 4D||7-----|5-----|5-----|0-----|
5A||0-----|------|------|------| 5A||------|------|------|------|
6E||------|3-----|0-----|------| 6E||------|------|------|------|
PRE-CHORUS RIFF B (RIFF 3, R3) CHORUS
(ve. 2 )(bridge)(end 2nd ve. )
C/Cm7 D G2 D D5 D C/Cm7
1E||0---0-|2---2-|3---3-|2---2-||5--2--||0---0-0---0-|
2B||1--3--|---3--|---3--|---3--||3--3--||1--3-----3--|
3G||--0---|--2---|--0---|--2---||2--2--||--0-----0---|
4D||------|0-----|------|0-----||------||------------|
5A||3-----|------|2-----|------||------||3-----------|
6E||------|------|------|------||------||------------|
RIFF (RIFF 4, R4)
Am G Em D
V V V^vV V v v
1E||0--0--|0000--|0-0-0-|----0{2}-|
2B||1--1--|3333--|0-0-0-|--3----3-|
3G||2--2--|2222--|0-0-0-|-2-2----2|
4D||2--2--|0000--|2-2-2-|0--------|
5A||0--0--|2222--|2-2-2-|---------|
6E||------|3-----|0-----|---------|
See Strumming pattern for more
help
SONG______________________________________________________________________________
[Chorus] RIFF 1
Am G
Sometimes all I think about is you
Em D
Late nights in the middle of June
Am G
Heat waves been fakin' me out
Em D
Can’t make you happier now
[Verse 1]
Am G Em RIFF 1
Usually I put somethin' on TV
D Am
So we never think about you and me
G Em
But today I see our reflections clearly
D A
In Hollywood, layin' on the screen
G11 RIFF 2
You just need a better life than this
G D
You need somethin' I can never give
A G11
Fake water all across the road
G D
It's gone now, the night has come, but
[Chorus] RIFF 4 or Strumming Patterns
Am G
Sometimes all I think about is you
Em D
Late nights in the middle of June
Am G
Heat waves been fakin' me out
Em D
Can’t make you happier now
Am G
Sometimes all I think about is you
Em D
Late nights in the middle of June
Am G
Heat waves been fakin' me out
Em D
Can’t make you happier now
[Verse 2]
Am G RIFF 1
You can't fight it, you can't breathe
Em D
You say somethin' so lovin', but
Am G
Now I've gotta let you go
Em D
You'll be better off in someone new
A G11 RIFF 2
I don't wanna be alone
G D
You know it hurts me too
Cm7 D RIFF 3
You look so broken when you cry
G D/A D2 Cm7 Cm7 PLUCK D/A to D2
One more and then I'll say goodbye
[Chorus] RIFF 4 or Strumming Patterns
Am G
Sometimes all I think about is you
Em D
Late nights in the middle of June
Am G
Heat waves keep fakin' me out
Em D
Can’t make you happier now
Am G
Sometimes all I think about is you
Em D
Late nights in the middle of June
Am G
Heat waves keep fakin' me out
Em D
Can’t make you happier now
[Bridge] RIFF 3
Cm7 D
I just wanna know what you're dreamin' of
G D5 D
When you sleep and smile so comfortable
Cm7 D
I just wish that I could give you that
G D5 D Cm7
That look that's perfectly un-sad
D
Heat waves been fakin' me out
G D5 X
Heat waves been fakin' me out
[Chorus] RIFF 4 (RIFF 2 on REP OPTIONAL)
Am G
Sometimes all I think about is you
Em D
Late nights in the middle of June
Am G
Heat waves been fakin' me out
Em D
Can’t make you happier now
Am G REP
Sometimes all I think about is you
G D
Late nights in the middle of June
Am G
Heat waves been fakin' me out
Em D
Can’t make you happier now
[Outro] RIFF 2
A G11
Heat waves been fakin' me out
G D
Can’t make you happier now
A G11
Heat waves been fakin' me out
G D
Can’t make you happier now
RIFF 2 x 2
How to play Heat Waves
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.