Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Longest Wave: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Longest Wave" 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 Longest Wave Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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 Longest Wave" smoothly on your guitar.

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

 D#                  C#
Throw me all around Like a boomerang sky
 D#                   C#
Whatever you do Don't tell me why
 D#                    C#
Poppies grow tall Then say bye bye
     Gm      F
The wave is here

A seamless little team And then we tanked
I guess we're not so sacrosanct
The tip of my tongue But then we blanked
The wave is here

 Dm                     D#      A#
Waiting on the wind to tell my side

Ready set jet but she never gets far
Listen to your skin from the seat of my car
Two centipedes stuck in one glass jar
The longest wave

Waiting on the wind to tell my side

Cm      A#
Whatcha want
Cm      A#
Whatcha need
Cm      A#
Do you love

Chorus:
G#                        D#
Maybe I'm the right one. Maybe I'm the wrong
A#m                     Fm
Just another play, the pirate, and the papillon
G#       D#       A#m
Time to call it a day
G#                          D#
Maybe you're my last love. Maybe you're my first
A#m                  Fm
Just another way to play inside the universe
G#     D#          A#
Now I know why we came

Sterile as the barrel of an old 12 gauge
Under my skin and half my age
Hotter than the wax on a saxifrage
The longest wave
Waiting on the wind to turn my page

Steady your sails for the butterfly flap
Whatever you do, don't close that gap
I'm dreaming of a woman, but she's just my nap
Your ship is in
Waiting on the tide so I can swim

Whatcha want
Whatcha need
Do you love

Chorus

C#      Fm         D#  C#
Now I know why we came
G# D#     A#
Now  I know


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

C#

Guitar chord C#

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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 Longest Wave" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Longest Wave" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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