Jan282023

Garth Brooks – Main Street Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Main Street chords by Garth Brooks on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

 [Intro]
G   D    Am
G   D    Am

   [Verse 1]
G         D
One light blinking
          C
off and on
G        D
Blood of life in this
         Am  Am7
 town is gone
G            D
Lost all its pieces
         C
but the pawn
G        D
Tomorrow stopped coming
          Am   C
 with the dawn

   [Chorus]
      G   D       Am  Am7
In my dreams I've seen
            C
Things that only seem to
 D             G
happen on the silver
        Gsus4
screen
          C
When it's over there's
    G
 no walking out
      Am
Cause I've been all they

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 G
 talk about
      C
Cause what ain't goin'
 D       C
 down on main street

G   D   Am

   [Verse 2]
G             D
Never did the things
             C
I thought I would
G                D
Woulda left just didn't
        Am    Am7
 know I could
G               D
If things don't work out
           C
like they should
G            D
It ain't for better
              Am   C
 but it's for good

   [Chorus]
      G   D       Am  Am7
In my dreams I've seen
            C
Things that only seem to
 D             G
happen on the silver
        Gsus4
 screen
          C
When it's over there's
    G
no walking out
      Am
Cause I've been all
     G
they talk about
      C                D
Cause what ain't goin' down
    C
 on main street

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   [Bridge]
Em                      G
I went too early with a friend
 of mine
        C
Just to see what it was
     G
 all about
Em
Hit the freeway and it
 G
blew my mind
         C
I had to find a way
            G
of gettin' out

Em       D        C
She said they say hey you
              G
gotta live a little
Em         D        C
In my mind I'd find lost
ain't living
     D
Even there in the middle of
 C
 main street
G   D   Am Am7  Am
Yeah
G   D   Am   Am7
Yeah

   [Verse 3]
G             D
Never did the things
             C
I thought I would
G                D
Woulda left just didn't
        Am    Am7
 know I could
G               D
If things don't work out
          C
like they should
G            D
It ain't for better
               Am   Am7
 but it's for good

   [Chorus]
      G   D       Am  Am7
In my dreams I've seen
            C            D
Things that only seem to happen
        G            Gsus4
on the silver screen
          C
When it's over there's
    G
no walking out
      Am
Cause I've been all
      G
they talk about
      C
Cause what ain't goin'
 D    Dsus4
 down

   [Chorus]
      G   D       Am   Am7
In my dreams I've seen
            C
Things that only seem to
 D             G
 happen on the silver
       Gsus4
 screen
          C
When it's over there's
   G
no walking out
      Am
Cause I've been all
      G
they talk about
      C
Cause what ain't goin'
  D       C
 down on main street

How to play Main Street: key, chords and progression

Main Street by Garth Brooks is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 8 chords: G, D, Am, C, Am7, Gsus4, Em and Dsus4.

Most of the song cycles through C – G – D – Am (IV – I – V – ii in G major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – reh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.