Metric - The Wanderlust: Guitar Chords

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

Learn The Wanderlust Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Metric

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

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

            C                               Am
I've been sleepwalking through the railway station
        C                         Am
Wake me up when they call my destination
            C                   Am
Where I've been I was bound to leave behind
       C              Am
All device and all disease was mine
F     Am    F              Am
Ooooh oh, speeding out of reach,
 F    Am  G         F             C
oooh oh, you're the one I had to meet

Chorus:
                      G
I never wanted to go home
     F                       C
The wanderlust will carry us on
                             G
There was nothing there for me
     F                       C
The wanderlust will carry us on
                    G
In a high rise on my own
                            F               C
I've been on the prince of highways for so long
                              G
Looking out at a mirror balcony
     F                       Am
The wanderlust will carry us on
Will there ever be a place for you and me?
     G       F
The wanderlust

I'm rolling in for a seven day weekend
Living up again to my old reputation
Can you cover me?
'Cause I got no armor
Keep on moving down the line, keep on going further
(Oh, oh) Speeding out of reach
(Oh, oh) You're the one I had to meet

Chorus:
                      G
I never wanted to go home
     F                        C
The wanderlust will carry us on
                             G
There was nothing there for me
     F                       C
The wanderlust will carry us on
                      G
In a high rise on my own
                            F               C
I've been on the prince of highways for so long
                             G
Looking out at a mirror balcony
                     F                     C
The wanderlust will carry, carry, carry us on
                                                G
I don't know where to go now, I got nowhere to hide
                F          C
Nowhere to go, nowhere to be
                                                G
I don't know where to go now, I got nowhere to be
                    F         C
The wanderlust will carry us on
                                                 G
Walk fifty city blocks down but they always find us
            F             Am
Wanderlust, will carry us on
                                        G
Will there ever be a place for you and me?
                   F         Am
The wanderlust will carry us on
Will there ever be a place for you and me?


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar 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 "The Wanderlust" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Wanderlust" by Metric.