Mar172018

Jason Aldean – Rearview Town Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

ChordsAm G F

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This is the chord progression of Rearview Town by Jason Aldean on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Am G F G
Am G F G

[Verse 1]
Am G F
Wipe the footprints off my dash
G Am
Tore up those sun-faded photographs
G F
Threw ’em in the wind, ya’ll can have it back, I’m outta here
Am G F
I stuck my middle finger up in the sky
G Am
Flipped off that “ya’ll come back” sign
G F G
Looked in the mirror one last time, and watched it disappear

[Chorus 1]
Am G F
It ain’t nothin’ but a rearview town
G Am
Broken hearts and rusted plows
G F
Roots ripped right up out of the ground
G
Never thought I’d ever leave it
Am G F
It ain’t nothin’ what it used to be
G Am
Population minus me
G F
On the other side of that dust cloud
G Am G F G
Ain’t nothin’ but a rearview town

[Verse 2]
Am G F
I could tough it out but what’s the use?
G Am
A place that small, it’s hard to do
G F G Am
Too much of her to run into, and so much road to somewhere new

[Chorus 2]
G F
It ain’t nothin’ but a rearview town
G Am
Broken hearts and rusted plows
G F
Roots ripped right up out of the ground
G
Never thought I’d ever leave it
Am G F
It ain’t nothin’ what it used to be
G Am
Population minus me
G F
On the other side of that dust cloud
G Am G F G
Ain’t nothin’ but a rearview town
Am G F G

[Bridge]
Am G F
It ain’t nothin’ but a yesterday
G Am
One less truck rollin’ down Main
G F
Ain’t nothin’ left to say

[Chorus 3]
Am G F
No, it ain’t nothin’ what it used to be
G Am
Population minus me
G F
On the other side of that dust cloud
G Am G F
Ain’t nothin’ but a rearview town
G Am G F
Ain’t nothin’ but a rearview town

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How to play Rearview Town: key, chords and progression

Rearview Town by Jason Aldean sits in A minor (no sharps or flats), and you need 3 chords to play it: Am, G and F.

Listen for Am – G – F – G (i – VII – VI – VII in A minor), a minor “Aeolian” loop common in rock and Afrobeats: the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Em, D, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.