Death Cab for Cutie - Wheat Like Waves: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Wheat Like Waves" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Wheat Like Waves ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Wheat Like Waves" smoothly on your ukulele.

D
Wheat like waves, Canadian plains
        A      G      Em             G
Were an ocean wide, flowing to the sky
       D
With Prefab Sprout echoing out
        A       G             Em         G
Of your 90's accord with the mismatched doors

Away from the wives
For just a few days
Traveling 'cross the divide
My delusions ablaze
But a homesteader's life
At 45 was just a fleeting dream
There's no way I'd survive

     G                           D
The winters in Saskatchewan are so cold

You talked of your kid
How frightened you'd been when she almost died
With tears in your eyes
But I could not pretend
To comprehend the depths of that kind of love
As a childless man

And there's so little time
So many miles to drive before the endless sleep
Eventually arrives
But I never would've thought that life was so long
That we'd be growing old
With stories untold

Chorus:
          G                           A
You were kindled by the dials on the dashboard
      G                                  D    D
Your tattoos like the stamps upon your passport
  G                                 A
Speeding like we thought we were escaping
     G                                  D    D
From everything we feared that we were breaking
    Em
By trying to hold them in our hands - x2

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

D

Ukulele chord D

Em

Ukulele chord Em

F#

Ukulele chord F#

G

Ukulele chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Wheat Like Waves" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Wheat Like Waves" by Death Cab for Cutie.

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