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Cody Johnson & Jelly Roll – Whiskey Bent Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
 C   Fsus2  Am7   Gadd11  G

[Verse 1]
         Cadd9
It put a hole in my wallet,
        Fsus2
 put a hole in my wall
         Am7
It put a whole lotta lonely
          Gadd11     G
 in this 2 AM phone call
            Cadd9
It put your Honda on the
                 Fsus2
 highway and my Chevy in a ditch
            Am7
Just had to call you up
 'cause I ain't touched
       Gadd11    G    Gadd11  G
 that stuff ever since

[Chorus]
           Fsus2
It made me say some
things I shouldn't
        Gadd11
Made me break some
          G
 things I wouldn't
         Am7
Like the heart that you
                    Cadd9   G
 kept puttin' in my hand

       Fsus2
Got me pickin' up the pieces
        Gadd11             G
Gettin' back in touch with Jesus
         Am7
For some grace in case one
                      Cadd9   G
 of y'all comes back again
         Fsus2
I'm just tryin' to straighten
 G
up what whiskey bent

[Post-Chorus]
C   Fsus2  Am7  Gadd11  G

[Verse 2]
    Cadd9
Now I'm still payin' for it,
      Fsus2
 but it ain't on a tab
             Am7
It's all the dreamin'
 of instead of wakin'
            Gadd11      G
 up to the bеst I ever had
               Cadd9
And I've been spеndin' every
                Fsus2
second waitin' for that
         Am7
 second chance
       Gadd11         G
That I might not even have

[Chorus]
          Fsus2
'Cause it made me say
some things I shouldn't
        Gadd11
Made me break some things
    G
I wouldn't
         Am7
Like the heart that you kept
               Cadd9   G
 puttin' in my hand
       Fsus2
Got me pickin' up the pieces
        Gadd11            G
Fallin' back in love with Jesus
    Am7
And prayin' one of y'all
             Cadd9   G
comes back again
         Fsus2
I'm just tryin' to straighten
  G
 up what whiskey bent

[Post-Chorus]
 Am7  F Cadd9   Am7  F  Cadd9

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[Chorus]
           Fsus2
It made me say some
things I shouldn't
        Gadd11
Made me break some things
   G
I wouldn't
         Am7
Like the heart that you
                    Cadd9   G
 kept puttin' in my hand
         Fsus2
It's got me pickin'
 up the pieces
        Gadd11             G
Gettin' back in touch with Jesus
         Am7
For some grace in case one
                G     Cadd9  G
of y'all comes back again
          Dm           Fsus2
But until then I'll be tryin'
               G
to straighten up what
          C   Fsus2
whiskey bent

[Outro]
             Am7
What whiskey bent
  Gadd11   G   Cadd9

How to play Whiskey Bent: key, chords and progression

These are Whiskey Bent chords by Cody Johnson feat. Jelly Roll on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Whiskey Bent by Cody Johnson & Jelly Roll is written in C major (no sharps or flats) and moves through 8 chords: C, Fsus2, Am7, Gadd11, G, Cadd9, F and Dm.

Listen for Fsus2 – Am7 – Gadd11 – G (IVsus2 – vi7 – V – V in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Fsus2, Gadd11 and F are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.