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Cody Johnson – Dirt Cheap Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Dirt Cheap chords by Cody Johnson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C    Cm    C

[Verse]
C
 They came in thinkin'
 top dollar
Em
  To that old cotton
crop farmer
F
 They knocked on his screen
door and he said
                 C
"Lord, what you need, boys?"
And they said
  C
"You know all the others
 went and cashed out
Em
They got the subdivision
all mapped out
F
 It'll sit right here
 on this land

And you can leave town
    C
 a rich man"
               G
And he said, "Boys, whatever
you're offerin',
                 F
 it won't be enough

[Chorus]
             C
'Cause I got a little girl
 that used to swing right there
Em
I still see her pink bow
 in her brown hair
 F
She's in the big city,
 but she still calls home

What's she gonna do if she
 comes back and we're gone?
 C
And over there, under
 that wide oak tree
 Em
Beneath the cross is where
my best buddy's buried
F
It lasted thirteen huntin'
season runnin' strong

Keep your money 'cause a
 man can't leave his dog

Am
And over there is where
    G               F
 I got down on one knee
           F        G
You can't buy that kind
          C
 of dirt cheap"

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[Verse]
 C
One man smiled and he
 kinda looked away
           Em
The other said, "Before we go,
 I gotta know one thing
             F
Between thr droughts and the
floods through all the years
What in the world got
 you through?

How the hell'd you get here?"
And he said

[Chorus]
  C
"That little girl that used
 to swing right there
Em
I still see her pink bow
in her brown hair
 F
Runnin' up after one of
them long days
A big smile makin' every
litttle worry fade
 C
And over there, under
that wide oak tree
 Em
Beneath the cross where
 my best buddy's buried
F
All them huntin' seasons
 freezin' in a Jon boat
Me and him, double-barrel
 and a two-stroke
Am
And that woman that said
        G
 'yes' when I got down
     F
 on one knee
                F
Yeah you can't buy that
  G            C
kind of dirt cheap"

[Break]
              Am
No, it ain't somethin'
 you fall into
      G
It's somethin' God gives you
F
 And you hold on to

[Chorus]
                C
Just like that little girl
that used to swing
right there
C Em
  Still see her pink bow
 in her brown hair
Em            F
She's in the big city now,
 but she still calls home
She's comin' back
next week and,
 man, it's been too long
 C
And over there, under
 that wide oak tree
 Em
Beside the cross where
 my best buddy's buried
 F
Lays a puppy posted up
 in the shade
That woman never could
 turn away a stray
Am
I guess that's why she said
        G
 'yes' when I got down
     F
on one knee
     Am
Oh, long as all
this is here,
           G
 why the hell would
          F
I ever leave?
Yeah you can't buy that
   G                 C
 kind of dirt cheap"

How to play Dirt Cheap: key, chords and progression

Dirt Cheap by Cody Johnson is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: C, Cm, Em, F, G and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – C – Em – F (IV – I – iii – IV in C major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – mi – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Cm and F are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.