Noah Kahan - Caves: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Caves" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

A
We've been running in place
The whole year's been one of those days
D
I know we're close to an edge
A
Oh, I don't wanna be blamed
I know you hate to cause to pain
D
I hope the silence will end

Emaj7       A          D
Oh, and we hold onto this for whatever reason
Emaj7          A          D
Oh, and we're too far to fix it up

Chorus:
A                          D
I wanna break this to you honestly
     F#m
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid
       D
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid
A                               D
I know you're ready to move on from me
        F#m
But you stay, and you stay, and you stay
       D                                 A
And we wait, and we wait 'til one of us caves

                    D
Oh, 'til one of us caves

Long game but none of us win
Afraid of shedding our skin
We keep on playing pretend
This fear's a rope on our wrists
These years of life that we've missed
Building a case in our heads

Oh, and we hold onto this for whatever reason
Oh, and we're too far to fix it up

Chorus:
I want to break this to you honestly
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid
I know you're ready to move on from me
But you stay and you stay and you stay
And we wait and we wait 'til one of us caves

                    D
Oh, 'til one of us caves
                    A
Oh, 'til one of us caves
                    D
Oh, 'til one of us caves

Oh, and we hold onto this for whatever reason
No, and we're too far to fix it up

Chorus:
I want to break this to you honestly
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid
I know you're ready to move on from me
But you stay and you stay and you stay
And we wait and we wait till one of us caves

Oh, 'til one of us caves
Oh, 'til one of us caves
Oh, 'til one of us caves
Oh, 'til one of us caves


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

Emaj

Guitar chord Emaj

Emaj7

Guitar chord Emaj7

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

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 "Caves" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Caves" by Noah Kahan.