Noah Kahan - Tidal: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Tidal" 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 Tidal Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Noah Kahan

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 "Tidal" smoothly on your guitar.

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

B           G#m     F#
You knew me and my sparrow
    G#m    E                      B  F#
Happiness tidal, it comes and it goes
    B      G#m      F#
And I sank into the water
       G#m     E                     B   F#
How I drifted farther away from the coast

     E
Sometimes, I get this feeling
       B                         F# G#m
I was breathing someone else's air
E                             B
Two thousand miles away from home
                           F#
Under that sky, I tried to make my peace with fear

Chorus:
      E                           B
So I guess I'll build a boat and live alone
                   F#         G#m
Lord, I'll be the last one (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
          E                        B
Oh, I'll teach myself to swim and live in my head
         F#               G#m
And make sense of all my thoughts
          E                             B
And if I never reach the land or live again
              F#            G#m
Lord, I'll be just fine (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
             E                          B
Yeah, I'll drift until I'm dead, and until then
             F#                    G#m
I'll be the last one, I'll be the last one

I fell into a pattern
Where nothing would matter if I didn't care
To be so close to a coastline
To know that in my life, I'd never be there

Sometimes, I get this feeling
I've been breathing someone else's air

Chorus

                    E
And it wears me out
        G#m                      B
All the demons underneath the tide
                  E   G#m
But I sink like stone
                                  B           F#
But all the weight of all these dreams of mine
                E
And I wish you well
          G#m                         B
You can't save someone too far to find
                     E G#m
But it's wearing me out
                        B
And it's stormy in the sea tonight,
        F#
in the sea tonight

Chorus


You can simplify chords by removing barre

Transpose

Reset

Font Size

Reset

Simplify chords by removing barre

Guitar Chord Diagrams

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

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