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Ryan Hurd – Palm Trees In Ohio Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsF Bb Dm C

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[Intro]
F  Bb  F  Bb
F  Bb  F  Bb

[Verse 1]
F
 When there's no sand
         Bb
 at the beach
                          F
When there's no money in Vegas
                       Bb
When the stars don't shine
F                            Bb
 When there's no shots in a bar
                        F
When there's no radio playing
                Bb
On a back road drive
F   Bb            F
..Ooh 'til they learn how
              Bb
to turn back time
F  Bb          F
..Ooh I'll be yours and
           Bb
you'll be mine

[Chorus]
              F               Bb
'Til there's palm trees in Ohio.
    F          Bb
No traffic in LA
     F             Bb
No snow in Colorado...
         F              Bb
No cold beer on a Saturday
           F
When the Great Lakes run
        Bb
out of water
           F                Bb
When the sky stops turning blue
           Dm
That's when I
That's when I
             Bb
That's when I'm gonna
             F  Bb F Bb
stop loving you

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[Verse 2]
F
 When there's no rain
           Bb
 in the clouds
                             F
There ain't no twang in the south
                   Bb
And no man in the moon
F                           Bb
 When cowboys stop wearing boots
                  F
Yeah and country music
                            Bb
Ain't three chords and the truth
F Bb                        F
..Ooh when the world don't spin
                     Bb
around the sun in a year
F Bb         F
..Ooh yeah, girl I'm
                 Bb
gonna be right here

[Chorus]
              F               Bb
'Til there's palm trees in Ohio.
    F          Bb
No traffic in LA
     F             Bb
No snow in Colorado...
         F              Bb
No cold beer on a Saturday
           F
When the Great Lakes
            Bb
run out of water
           F                Bb
When the sky stops turning blue
           Dm
That's when I
That's when I
             Bb
That's when I'm gonna
             F
stop loving you
Bb          F
..Ooh ooh-ooh

[Instrumental]
Bb  F  Bb  F  Bb

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[Bridge]
                 Dm
When there's no lights
in New York City
             C
When there's no hope in a prayer
          Bb
'Til the day after forever
Baby, I ain't going nowhere
Baby, I ain't going nowhere

[Chorus]
              F               Bb
'Til there's palm trees in Ohio.
    F          Bb
No traffic in LA
     F             Bb
No snow in Colorado...
         F              Bb
No cold beer on a Saturday
           F
When the Great Lakes
            Bb
run out of water
           F                Bb
When the sky stops turning blue
           Dm
That's when I
That's when I
             Bb
That's when I'm gonna
             F
stop loving you

[Outro]
           Dm
That's when I
That's when I
             Bb
That's when I'm gonna
                F
stop loving you..
Bb        F  Bb F Bb

How to play Palm Trees In Ohio: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Palm Trees In Ohio by Ryan Hurd on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Palm Trees In Ohio by Ryan Hurd is centred on F major (one flat: B♭). The song uses 4 chords: F, Bb, Dm and C.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, G, Bm, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.