Eric Church – Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Eric Church – Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
D A G     A D     A G    A D

[Verse]
D      A       G
Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
G             A    D
Spelled with all 4 y's
    D       A  G
Was born in 70-something
               G
Between "Sweet Home" &
     A        D
"You Got That Right"
    D    A       G
His mama met his daddy
     G     A     D
At a Tallahassee show
    D         A
But just like Tuesday
G                      A
Daddy wound up gone on down
    D
the road

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[Chorus]
D      A       Bm
Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
A           G        A  D
Hailed from Gadsden, Alabama
D       A     Bm
Born to carry on
A       G    A     D
Who his mama was a fan of
D         A     Bm
Don't ask me no questions
A     G          A      Bm
And I won't tell you no lies
       G               D
That's what she always told him
         G        A       D
Right up till the day she died
A  G     A  D

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[Verse]
D      A      G
Lynyrd wasn't black or white
       G         A    D
He was somewhere in between
           D        A      G
Throw in, abandoned and confused
                G
And you get the blues when
       A        D
you're just thirteen
     D        A      G
Well he found his salvation
     G         A         D
In a pawn shop bought guitar
          D          A       G
You can't teach that kind of pickin'
            G          A
It's got to come right from
     D
your heart

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[Chorus]
D      A       Bm
Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
A           G        A  D
Hailed from Gadsden, Alabama
D       A     Bm
Born to carry on
A       G    A     D
Who his mama was a fan of
D         A     Bm
Don't ask me no questions
A     G          A      Bm
And I won't tell you no lies
       G               D
That's what she always told him
         G        A       D
Right up till the day she died
A  Bm  A  G  A  D

[Post-Chorus]
D   A   Bm  A   G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
G    A D

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[Verse]
     D      A       G
When Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones'
G    A       D
Mama passed away
  D          A          G
A dressed in all black, black man
      G         A       D
Stood up in the back to say
     D         A         G
Been thinking about your mama
           G     A     Bm
Since that Tallahassee show
     G      D       Em
Yeah son, I am your daddy
D      G       A      D
And my name is Curtis Lowe

[Outro]
D   A   Bm  A   G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
D   A   Bm  A   G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

How to play Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones by Eric Church on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones by Eric Church sits in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), and you need 5 chords to play it: D, A, G, Bm and Em.

Listen for G – A – D – A (IV – V – I – V in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – soh – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, Em, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B

Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones chords: questions

What key is Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones in?

Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones by Eric Church is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones?

Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones uses 5 chords: D, A, G, Bm, Em.

What is the chord progression of Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones?

The main progression is G – A – D – A (IV – V – I – V).

Is Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, Em, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

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