Where the Wild Things Are

How to play Where the Wild Things Are by Luke Combs on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 3 you play C, F, Am, G, Dm, the shapes the player above shows.

This song is a great one to learn because the progression is simple, steady, and easy to lock into at about 120 BPM. You get a strong country feel without needing a lot of flash, so it is a good confidence-builder for a beginner.

The chart uses barre shapes throughout, so expect your fretting hand to do more work than it would with open chords. The main thing to watch is the move between D# and G# in the opening progression, since that back-and-forth sets the feel and needs to stay clean and even.

Start by drilling just D# and G# until the switch feels smooth, then add the full opening progression slowly. Once that feels natural, loop the changes with a steady count and bring the tempo up in small steps. Focus on clean chord changes first, then on keeping the rhythm even.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.