Feb182023

Jordan Davis – Tucson Too Late Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
 G   C G
 G   C   Em  G

[Verse]
          G
I didn't know if we were
 over or just on the rocks
        C
Was me thinking I can save
 us just a mirage?
       G
I was burning up the highway,
 it kept getting longer
            C
With every turn of these tires,
 she just kept getting goner
         G
And the sky was showing
  Bm           C
 no signs of rain
       Bm7
Ain't nothing delaying
       C
that plane

[Chorus]
     Am7
I'm racing through the desert
 D
Thinking I can catch her
     G
But losing ground
    D/F#       Em7
 in this Chevrolet
         Am7
And that 747 somewhere
  D
between here and heaven
     G             D/F#
And heaven knows I let
           Em
her slip away

         Am
I showed up and she's gone
         D                 G
Guess I got to Tucson too late
   G       C    Em    G

         G
I wonder if she sat there
stirring vodka with a straw
         C
Was she counting down the
seconds or maybe having
second thoughts?
         Bm7
And was moving on made
            C
 up in her mind?
           Bm
Would she changed
                     C
it if she knew that I

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[Chorus]
     Am
Was racing through the desert
 D
Thinking I can catch her
     G
But losing ground in
 D/F#       Em7
 this Chevrolet
         Am7
And that 747 somewhere
  D
 between here and heaven
     G             D/F#
And heaven knows I let
           Em
her slip away

         Am7
I showed up and she's gone
         D
Guess I got to Tucson
      G
too late, ooh ooh

[Break]
     Bm7           C
Now she's on some silver
wings flying
    Bm7                C
And me I'm on the bad side
of good timing, yeah yeah

[Chorus]
     Am
I'm racing through the desert
 D
Thinking I can catch her
     G               D/F#
But losing ground in this
       Em
Chevrolet
         Am7
And that 747 somewhere
  D
 between here and heaven
     G
And heaven knows I
    D/F#      Em7
let her slip away

         Am7
I showed up and she's gone
         D
Guess I waited too long
       Am
Like a sad country song
         D
Damn, I got to Tucson
     G
Too late
   G       C    Em

(Tucson too late)

     G
Too late
   G       C          G
C                        G
Oh, I got to Tucson too late

How to play Tucson Too Late: key, chords and progression

These are Tucson Too Late chords by Jordan Davis on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Tucson Too Late by Jordan Davis is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 10 chords: G, C, Em, Bm, Bm7, Am7, D, D/F#, Em7 and Am.

The backbone of the song is Am7 – D – G – D/F# (ii7 – V – I – V in G major). In solfa, that is reh – soh – doh – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: Bm and Bm7 are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.