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Jordan Davis feat. Luke Bryan – Buy Dirt Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsE B A C#m

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[Intro]
E

[Verse 1]
E
Few days before he turned 80
B
He was sitting out back in a rocker
A
He said, what you been up to lately

I told him chasing a dollar
E
And in between sips of coffee
B
He poured this wisdom out
A
Said if you want my two cents
on making a dollar count

[Chorus]
    E
Buy dirt
                               B
Find the one you can't live without
Get a ring, let your
             C#m
knee hit the ground
                             A
Do what you love but call it work
And throw a little money
                  E
in the plate at church
Send some prayers up and
                B
your roots down deep
                               C#m
Add a few limbs to your family tree
And watch their pencils marks
        A
And the grass in the yard
All grow up
E                         B
'Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick
C#m                A
You can't buy happiness
                E
But you can buy dirt

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[Verse 2]
E
Before you get caught on that ladder
B                                 E
Let me tell you what it's all about
A
Find you a few things that matter
That you can put a fence around
And then he laid it out

[Chorus]
    E
Buy dirt
                               B
Find the one you can't live without
Get a ring, let your
             C#m
knee hit the ground
                             A
Do what you love but call it work
And throw a little money
                  E
in the plate at church
Send some prayers up and
                B
your roots down deep
                               C#m
Add a few limbs to your family tree
And watch their pencils marks
        A
And the grass in the yard
All grow up
E                         B
'Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick
C#m                A
You can't buy happiness
                E
But you can buy dirt

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[Bridge]
B
And thank the good Lord for it
'Cause He ain't makin'
any more of it

[Chorus]
    E
Buy dirt
                               B
Find the one you can't live without
Get a ring, let your
             C#m
knee hit the ground
                             A
Do what you love but call it work
And throw a little money
                  E
in the plate at church
Send some prayers up and
                B
your roots down deep
                               C#m
Add a few limbs to your family tree
And watch their pencils marks
        A
And the grass in the yard
All grow up
E                         B
'Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick
C#m                A
You can't buy happiness
                E
But you can buy dirt

How to play Buy Dirt: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Buy Dirt by Jordan Davis feat. Luke Bryan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Buy Dirt by Jordan Davis feat. Luke Bryan is written in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯) and moves through 4 chords: E, B, A and C#m.

Most of the song cycles through E – B – C#m – A (I – V – vi – IV in E major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, A, G, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.