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Cody Johnson – Stronger Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Stronger by Cody Johnson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

ntro]
C     Am  G  F

[Verse]
       C
I'm a twenty gauge shotgun
with both barrels blazing
       Am
I'm a hundred miles an hour
round the curve without braking
       G
I'm a herd of wild horses
through her bed of daisies
      F
And she'll plant 'em all back again

[Verse]
    C
I think I'm John Wayne when
I get to drinking
         Am
I'm the first one to jump on
a boat while it's sinking
       G
But I ain't half as tough as
what I'd have you thinking
   Dm          Em
If you really knew her,
        F           G
you'd know I'm the weak one

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[Chorus]
     F
And she's like a lighthouse standing
        C
in the path of a mad hurricane
     F
And her kind laughs at the lightning
      G
and dances around in the rain
    Dm          Em   G
And when I'm at the end of my rope
       Am           G           F
and I don't know if I can hold on
         C
She's stronger

[Interlude]
C    Am  G  F

[Verse]
               C
She makes the weight of the world
feel as light as a feather
           Am
She's the needle and thread
patching me back together
      G
God knows I ain't perfect
but she's making me better
   Dm        Em
If I'd never met her,
             F              G
I'd hate to think where I'd be

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[Chorus]
         F
'Cause she's like a lighthouse
standing
        C
in the path of a mad hurricane
     F
And her kind laughs at the lightning
       G
 and dances around in the rain
     Dm         Em   G
And when I'm at the end of my rope
       Am           G           F
and I don't know if I can hold on
         Am
She's stronger

[Instrumental]
Am    G    Dm    F

[Chorus]
 F
She's like a lighthouse standing
        C
in the path of that mad hurricane
     F
And her kind laughs at the lightning
      G
and dances around in the rain
    Dm          Em   G
And when I'm at the end of my rope
       Am           G           F
and I don't know if I can hold on
         C     Am  G  F
She's stronger
         C     Am  G  F
She's stronger

How to play Stronger: key, chords and progression

Stronger by Cody Johnson is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: C, Am, G, F, Dm and Em.

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

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.