Jun102023

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Vestavia Hills on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsC G Em DG/BAm

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[Intro]
(C)  G  C  G

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

[Verse]
        C
You're working
      G  C  G
too hard
           C
Or you're living '
      G  C  G
too fast
      C          Em
Hands over your eyes
         D           C
with a foot on the gas
         C      G
And the best I can
     C  G
tell
     C
The crowd seems
 G     C  G
 ashamed
    C             Em
It sounds like a warning
            D
 when they call
           C
out your name

[Verse]
         C
The boy genius is
 G       C  G
grown now
          C
The competition got
  G    C  G
 fierce
           C         Em
And you'd rather be anywhere
  D          C  G/B
 other than here

[Chorus]
           Am
But it can get so
  Em       Am
 much worse
       G         C
And I reckon it will
       C
In Vestaviaaaa
  G   C  G  C  G  C  G
 Hills

[Verse]
      C
Last night was a
  G      C  G
long one
            C
You made a lot of
      G     C  G
 new friends
          C           Em
And your band was on fire
       D            C
 right up 'til the end
           C
You met a girl from
     G    C    G
the subuuuurbs
         C
But you missed
         G  C  G
all the cues
       C           Em
I bet you don't remember
      D          C
 me tying your shoes

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[Verse]
         C
The boy genius is
  G       C  G
 grown now
               C
And you're an angry
        G  C  G
 young man
         C         Em
Well, I won't be around
           D
 when you die
        C  G/B
 in the van

[Chorus]
       Am
I got kids of my own
     G         C
Not much of a will
       C     G
In Vestavia Hills
C  G  C  G  C  G

[Solo]
G  Am  Am  Em
Em  Am  Am  Em  D  Am
Am  Em  Em  D  D  D

[Verse]
      C         G      C  G
This run is my last one
         C       G      C  G
I gotta get off the road
           C
And gotta get my mind
  Em          Em     C
 back in the family mode

       C            G
And I wish you the best,
    C  G
 son
           C          G   C  G
I've seen worse do alright
           C             Em
You're at war with your heart
             D           C
 and you're too weak to fight


[Verse]
         C         G       C  G
The boy genius is grown now
      C          G       C  G
Your dreams all came true
         C
And now you're left with
  Em          D        C  G/B
nothing but damage to do

[Chorus]
                Am
Well, I've got dreams
 of my own
        G         C
And my wife pays the bills
       C     G
In Vestavia Hills
C  G  C  G  C  G

    C   G    C   G
Vestaviaaaa Hiiills
 C  G  C  G

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How to play Vestavia Hills: key, chords and progression

These are Vestavia Hills chords by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Vestavia Hills by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 6 chords: C, G, Em, D, G/B and Am.

Most of the song cycles through C – G – C – Em (IV – I – IV – vi in G major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – lah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

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