Jun102023

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – This Ain’t It on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C

[Verse]
 G
Baby, how'd you
 end up here
      C
In a Texas town

In a wedding gown
        G          C
With a near beer?

 G
Baby, how'd it go so wrong
         C
And you don't belong?
But I bet they all think
         G       C
 you're sincere

[Chorus]
      Em
I've know you since
your eyes were blue
         D
And I'd die before
I'd lie to you
     C              F
And this ain't it, baby
 C              F
This ain't it, baby
      Em
Lord knows I like to
 roll the dice
    D
And I don't give the
 best advice
     C              F
And this ain't it, baby
 C              F
This ain't it, baby

[Verse]
   G
Remember when you
fell so hard
          C
You were seventeen
He was a libertine
        G          C
With a black card
   G
Remember how it
 fcked you up
          C
You were acting tough
With a fake ID in
     G        C
the Crow Bar

[Chorus]
      Em
I've known you for
 your whole damn life
        D
You're more than just
 some rich man's wife
     C              F
And this ain't it, baby
 C              F
This ain't it, baby
m
You know that there'd
 be hell to pay
         D
If your mama was
alive today
     C              F
And this ain't it, baby
 C              F
This ain't it, baby

[Solo]
Am  Em7  Am   Em
Am  Em
 D   D   D   D

[Verse]
 G
Baby, let me take you home
        C
You'll love the place

I got extra space
       G         C
And I stay gone

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 G
Tell him what's on
 your heart
         C
And the hardest part

Will be looking away
           G          C
 from his cell phone

[Chorus]
     Em
Well I ain't always
 been around
D
I build you up and
 let you down
     C              F
But this ain't it, baby
 C              F
This ain't it, baby
      Em
I've known you since
your eyes were blue
     D
I'd die before
 I'd lie to you
     C              F
But this ain't it, baby
 C              D
This ain't it, baby

[Instrument]
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C

G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C

[Break]
 G                          C
Baby, how'd you end up here?
     G
Oh, baby, how'd
               C
 you end up here?
     G
Oh, baby, how'd you
            C
end up heeeeere?
     G
Oh, baby, how'd you
            C
end up heeeeere?
 G
Baby, how'd you end
         C  G   C
up heeeeeeeeere?
     G
Oh, baby, how'd you
            C
end up here?
     G
Oh, baby, how'd you
            C
 end up here?
 G
Baby, how'd you end
          C  G   C
 up heeeeeeeeere?

[Outro]
G   C
G   C
G   C
G   C

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How to play This Ain’t It: key, chords and progression

These are This Ain’t It chords by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

This Ain’t It by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 7 chords: G, C, Em, D, F, Am and Em7.

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

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