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Morgan Wallen – Sand In My Boots Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsE A B C#m

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[Intro]

E A B E

[Verse 1]
    E                     A
She asked me where I was from,
           B                  E
I said somewhere you've never been to
       C#m             A
Little town outside of Knoxville,
        B
heading by some dogwood trees
          E               A
She tried talking with my accent,
         B               E
 We held hands and waded into
          C#m                 A
That blue water, she left her flip
            B                E
flops by my Red Wings on the beach

[Chorus]
          E
Yeah, but now I'm dodging potholes,
      A             E
in my sunburnt Silverado
       A               E
Like a heartbroke desperado,
       B
headed right back to my roots
          E
Something 'bout the way she kissed me,
         A                     E
tells me she'd love eastern Tennessee
          A                  E
Yeah, but all I brought back with me,
         B          E
was some sand in my boots

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[Verse 2]
        E                      A
I said, "Let's go shoot tequila," so
   B                   E
we walked back to that beach bar
          C#m
She said, "Don't cowboys
      A
drink whiskey?"
   B
So we drank bottom shelf
          E
She said, "Damn that sky
      A
looks perfect,"
        B                  E
I said, "Girl you've never seen
stars
B        C#m                 A
Like the ones back home" and she said,
              B                 E
"Mayvbe I should see 'em for myself"

[Chorus]
          E
Yeah, but now I'm dodging potholes,
      A             E
in my sunburnt Silverado
       A               E
Like a heartbroke desperado,
       B
headed right back to my roots
          E
Something 'bout the way she kissed me,
         A                     E
tells me she'd love eastern Tennessee
          A                  E
Yeah, but all I brought back with me,
         B
was some sand in my...

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[Break]
C#m E A
Boots
C#m E A

[Bridge]
        E               A
I said, "Meet me in the morning"
        B             E
and she told me I was crazy
B         C#m
Yeah, but I still thought
     A                B
that maybe she'd show up

[Chorus]
        E
Oh, but now I'm dodging potholes,
      A             E
in my sunburnt Silverado
       A               E
Like a heartbroke desperado,
       B
headed right back to my roots
          E
Something 'bout the way she kissed me,
         A                     E
tells me she'd love eastern Tennessee
          A                  E
Yeah, but all I brought back with me,
         B          E
was some sand in my boots

[Tag]
          C#m       B        A
Yeah, but all I brought back with me,
         B
was some sand in my boots

[Outro]

E A B E

How to play Sand In My Boots: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Sand In My Boots by Morgan Wallen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Sand In My Boots by Morgan Wallen, think in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). It takes 4 chords: E, A, B and C#m.

Listen for E – A – B – E (I – IV – V – I in E major), the I–IV–V–I, the backbone of gospel, blues and folk: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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