"Waving Through A Window" on ukulele by Ben Platt • UkuTabs

Artist	Ben Platt
Album	Dear Evan Hansen - Soundtrack
Genre(s)	Ben Platt • Broadway • dear evan hansen • pitch perfect
Note	Alternative (maybe easier) version: - Use the transposer to turn the chords 2 half step(s) down. - Put a capo on fret 2 (if you want to stay in the same key).
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Intro -x2-: A   Gbm    A

Verse:
A               Gbm         A     Gbm    A
I’ve learned to slam on the brake
A             Gbm      A    Gbm    A
Before I even turn the key
A        Gbm      A       Gbm    A
Before I make the mistake
A        Gbm           A           Gbm    A
Before I lead with the worst of me
A            Gbm       A      Gbm    A
Give them no reason to stare
A                  Gbm       A    Gbm    A
No slipping out if you slip away
A        Gbm        A     Gbm    A
So I got nothing to share
A           Gbm        A    Gbm    A             
No I’ve got nothing to say

Pre-Chorus:
Gbm            D
Step out, step out of the sun
       A           E
If you keep getting burned
Gbm            D
Step out, step out of the sun
  A
Because you’ve learned
  E
Because you’ve learned

Chorus:
Gbm
On the outside
D
Always looking in
       A            E
Will I ever be more than I’ve ever been?
          Gbm                      D
Cause I’m tap, tap, tapping on the glass
    A                E
I’m waving through a window
Gbm                D
I try to speak but nobody can hear
A                      E
So I wait around for an answer to appear
       Gbm                           D
Oh I’m watch, watch, watching people pass
    A                E     Gbm
I’m waving through a window
            E
Can anybody see?
                          A    D 
Is anybody waving back at me?

Interlude: A  E

Verse:
A
We start with stars in our eyes
D                          E
We start believing that we belong
Dbm                   E
But every sun doesn’t rise
A                          D        E
And nobody tells you where you went wrong

Pre-Chorus:
Gbm            D
Step out, step out of the sun
       A           E
If you keep getting burned
Gbm            D
Step out, step out of the sun
  A
Because you’ve learned
  E
Because you’ve learned

Chorus:
Gbm
On the outside
D
Always looking in
       A            E
Will I ever be more than I’ve ever been?
          Gbm                      D
Cause I’m tap, tap, tapping on the glass
    A                E
I’m waving through a window
Gbm                D
I try to speak but nobody can hear
A                      E
So I wait around for an answer to appear
       Gbm                           D
Oh I’m watch, watch, watching people pass
    A                E     Gbm
I’m waving through a window
            E
Can anybody see?

Is anybody waving?

Interlude:
            A           E                   Gbm    D
When you’ve fallen in a forest, and there’s nobody around
       A           E        Gbm         D
do you ever really crash or even make a sound?

Bridge:
      Gbm         D
Did I even make a sound?
      A           E
Did I even make a sound?
            Gbm          D
It’s like I never made a sound
       A           
Will I ever make a sound?

Chorus:
Gm
On the outside
Eb
Always looking in
       Bb           F
Will I ever be more than I’ve ever been?
          Gm                       Eb
Cause I’m tap, tap, tapping on the glass
    Bb               F
I’m waving through a window
Gm                 Eb
I try to speak but nobody can hear
Bb                      F
So I wait around for an answer to appear
       Gm                            Eb
Oh I’m watch, watch, watching people pass
    Bb               F      Gm
I’m waving through a window
            F
Can anybody see?
                          Bb
Is anybody waving back at me?
   Eb      F      Gm     F
Is anybody waving waving waving?
Eb   Bb
Whoa whoa

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80 Comments

Abby
November 7, 2018 at 23:10 · Reply
i found that if you change the A to E in the intro, it matches the 3 chords played in the intro of the song :)
21pilots
October 21, 2018 at 19:47 · Reply
Aw I love that they remember the theatre kids on Ukutabs<3
- WhenYourFallingInAForest
  March 7, 2019 at 10:56 · Reply
  :) Aren’t trees amazing tho? 😊
Smile Of A Renegade
April 30, 2018 at 21:35 · Reply
whats the easiest transposition or whatever it’s called?? sorry I’m new to ukulele O-O
- Ramster242
  July 27, 2018 at 05:32 · Reply
  +3
Wolf Ukulele
April 15, 2018 at 01:34 · Reply
It sounds better if you put a capo on 2 while keeping the transpose on 0. :)
mstr.714
March 14, 2018 at 21:43 · Reply
On +3, if you take the chords from +5 (Bm, G, D, A) for the key change its way easier.
Bluesalix
March 2, 2018 at 06:04 · Reply
Can anyone recommend a good strumming patternt?
DA BEST
February 25, 2018 at 16:32 · Reply
Strum pattern????????
- Cassalyn
  December 31, 2018 at 04:51 · Reply
  what i do for the verses is fingerpicking all strings at once (i dont know the technical term sorry!!). Like, say you pick the A string with your ring finger, E with your middle finger, and etc.. for all 4 strings. then do that simultaneously while your fretting hand is doing the chords. it mimics the cool piano staccato effect in the actual song! for the chorus just do a standard strumming pattern.