Wondering
View chords used in this chart
Theme 1 (strumming with ecstasy):
& 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 &
|-------|-----3-------|--3-------------|
|-------|-----3-------|--3-------------|
|-------|-----0-------|--0-------------|
|-------|-----0-------|--2-------------| simile for intro
|-------|-----2-------|--3-------------|
|-0-1-2-|--3--3-------|----------0-1-2-|
G C
Just before each stanza, Houser throws in this blues lick:
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verse 1:
G C
I've been working
G C
'neath The grey sky
G C
And I'm wonderin'
G C
Still, I'm wondering why
G C
Must I lay low
G C
In a room full of strangers?
G C
Well, I'm thinking
G C
Thinking makes the danger
G C G C
My emotions they get all tangled up and
G C G
My heart has just turned 'round
2x
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Theme 2 (played in triplets):
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
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|---3--3--3--3--3-|---3-----|---------|
|----0--0--0--0---|---0-----|---------|
|-----------------|---0-----|---------|
|--1--3-----------|---------|---------|
|--------1--1--1--|-3-------|---------|
strum
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
|----------------|---3-----|-3-------|
|---3--3--3------|---3-----|-3-------|
|----0--0--0-----|---0-----|-0-------|
|--0--2--3-------|---0-----|-2-------|
|------------2-3-|---2-----|-3-------|
|----------------|-1-3-----|---------|
strum
Bs c f f f g
Bs c f f f
verse 2
G C
Now I'm watching
G C
Look into my t v
G C
And I'm thinking
G C
Wondering about the things I see
G C
And I see your world
G C
Worthless stranger
G C
And I get thinking
G C
Thinking starts and makes it bigger
G C G C
All convictions they get all tangled up and
G C G C
Our heart has just turned round, round, round again
(Theme 2)
Bf c f f f g g g
Bf c d f f
2x
D 8 count
C 8 count
(2 nd plays - Bf c f f f- after 4th count C)
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/ / / / / / / /
|---3----------|--3----------|
|---2----------|--2----------|
| --3----------|--3----------|
| --0----------|--0----------|
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D D
/ / / / / / / /
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|--1-----3-0---3-0----|--1-------------------|
|--0---------0-----0--|--0------------------ |
|--2------------------|--2-----3-2---3-2---- |
|--3------------------|--3---------3-----3---|
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C C
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After this verse, we have a succession of D>C,listen and
ye will hear, then we have
/ / / / / * / / / / / *
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|---3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--|
|----0--0--0--0----|---0--0--0--0----|
|------------------|-----------------|
|--1--3------------|-1--3------------|
|--------1--1--1---|-------1--1--1---|
* drop a beat on the triplet here
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-----------------|-----3-------|-3----------|
|---3--3--3-------|-----3-------|-3----------|
|----0--0--0------|-----0-------|-0----------|
|--------0--------|-----0-------|-2----------|
|--1--3-----2--3--|-----2-------|-3----------|
|-----------------|--1--3-------|------------|
Solo:
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|--/10-\5-/12-13-13--10--8--10-8-10-8--|
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|-------------------10------10----10---|
|--10^12-10^12-8 -10^12---10^12-10^12--|
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A little rough but you get the idea
Then back to that blues lick noted earlier
verse 3:
G C
I've been driving
G C
Thinking about you and me
G C
And I'm thinking
Gb C
Wonderin' 'bout the things I see
G C
When you treat your heart
G C
Hold you like a stranger
G C
And I've been thinking
G C
Little thinking makes the danger
G C G C
Our intentions they get all tangled up and
G C G C
Our hearts have just turned round, round, round again
(Theme 2) (x2)
How to play Wondering
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 G. 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.