Cody Johnson – Leather Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Cody Johnson – Leather Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsCAmGFDm7Dm

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[Intro]
C  Am  Am  C  Am  C

[Verse]
 C
Superman, Man of Steel
Am               C
He can fly, but here's
 the deal
 Am             C
Superman ain't really real
   Am                  G
So God made somethin' better
     C
His mama says he's just
flesh and bone
     Am               C
The girls say he's a rollin'
 stone
     F                  C
But shake his hand and then
you'll know
   Am       C
A cowboy's made of leather

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[Chorus]
         F
You can bend him,
                C
 but you can't break him
          Am
It takes years of work and
  G                F
dirt and hurt to make him
          F
When the whole world falls
    Am          G      F
 apart, he'll hold together
       Dm7
That's how you know that
    G                C
 a cowboy's made of leather
[Instrument]
Am  Am  C  Am  C

[Verse]
       C
He'll kick and cuss
 in broad daylight
     Am
When he gets drunk,
      C
 he likes to fight
         Am
But his head's on straight
          C
and his heart gets right
 Am              G
When he's under pressure

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     C
And he'll start out
stiff and rough
     F
But give him time and
        C
 he'll soften up
     Am
And that just makes him
  C
 twice as tough
         Am       G
Yeah, a cowboy's made
      C
of leather

[Chorus]
                F
'Cause you can bend him,
                C
but you can't break him
          Am
It takes years of work and
  G                F
dirt and hurt to make him

              F
And when the whole world
         Am          G      F
 falls apart, he'll hold together

       Dm7
That's how you know that a
  G                C      C
cowboy's made of leather

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Post-Chorus]
          F            C
Yippee-ki-o, yippee-ki-ay
          F     G
Yippee-ki-o-ooo-oo
          Am           F
Yippee-ki-o, yippee-ki-ay
             C     G
Yippee-ti-yi-o-ooo-oo

[Chorus]
         F
You can bend him,
                C
 but you can't break him
          Am
It takes years of work and
  G                F
dirt and hurt to make him
              F
And when the whole world falls
   Am          G      F
apart, he'll hold together
       Dm
That's how you know that
    G                Am    G F
a cowboy's made of leather

[Outro]
             Dm7
Yeah, that's how you know that
    G                C
 a cowboy's made of leather
Am  Am  C  Am  C

How to play Leather: key, chords and progression

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

Leather by Cody Johnson is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 6 chords in all: C, Am, G, F, Dm7 and Dm.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C, Am7, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Dm7 chord on guitar (xx0211)
Dm7D F A C
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A

Leather chords: questions

What key is Leather in?

Leather by Cody Johnson is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Leather?

Leather uses 6 chords: C, Am, G, F, Dm7, Dm.

What is the chord progression of Leather?

The main progression is C – F – C – Am (I – IV – I – vi).

Is Leather easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C, Am7, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo).

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