Feb22024

Kenny Chesney – Just To Say We Did Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG D Em C

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 Key: Bb

[Intro]
G

[Verse 1]
G
Grow from Knoxville
 to Myrtle Beach
D
Seven bodies and
 an old RV
Em
Beer cooler and no A.C
C
Just to say we did
     G
That night we climbed
up Chimney Rock
D
Knowin' it was
a real long drop
Em
Three, two, one,
we jumped off
C                  Em
Just to say we did

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[Pre-Chorus]
D
 Never had no rhyme
               Em
or reason why
D
 It just seemed like
the thing to do
at the time

[Chorus]
               G
Just to say we did
              D
Just to feel alive
                  Em
To take a leap of faith
                     C
To feel that kind of high
              G
Tonight let's turn it up
                      D
Fall in love wild and catch
 enough buzz
                  Em
To just ride them crazy
horses
                    C
Runnin' through our heads
               G
Just to say we did

[Verse 2]
G
She said I'd never
seen the vaguest light
D
Spun the wheel or
roll the dice
   Em
We doubled down on
 a crazy night
C                  Em
Just to say we did

[Pre-Chorus]
D
 We didn't have no
                     Em
rhyme or reason why
D
 It just seemed like
 the thing to do
at the time

[Chorus]
               G
Just to say we did
              D
Just to feel alive
                  Em
To take a leap of faith
                     C
To feel that kind of high
              G
Tonight let's turn it up
                      D
Fall in love wild and catch
enough buzz
                  Em
To just ride them crazy
horses
                    C
Runnin' through our heads
               G   D
Just to say we did
               Em   C  Em
Just to say we did

[Bridge]
D
 So let's raise our
                    Em
hands up to the sky
D
 Stay on this roller
coaster ride

[Out-Chorus]
               G
Just to say we did
              D
Just to feel alive
                  Em
To take a leap of faith
                     C
To feel that kind of high
              G
Tonight let's turn it up
Fall in love wild
     D
and catch enough buzz
                  Em
To just ride them crazy
 horses
                    C
Runnin' through our heads
               G   D
Just to say we did
               Em   C
Just to say we did
               G
Just to say we did

How to play Just To Say We Did: key, chords and progression

These are Just To Say We Did chords by Kenny Chesney on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Just To Say We Did by Kenny Chesney keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 4 chords: G, D, Em and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – D – Em – C (I – V – vi – IV in G major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.