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Sam Barber – 76 Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G


[Verse 1]
   Cadd9
Do you remember
 riding
                  G
the backroads at 76
     Cadd9
We'd sneak home late,
you could still smell
            G
the jack on my lips
          Cadd9
Couple of young
dumb broke
         G
ass east end kids
           Cadd9
And if you make it
to the river,
             G
it’s where I live

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[Verse 2]
     Cadd9
Some people call
 us crazy

for just living
G
free,
    Cadd9
But they don't
understand
the means of
     G
loyalty
   Cadd9
Us country boys
and
girls
were easy to
G
please,
Cadd9
All we need is
a creek
and a bottle
   G
of beam

[Chorus]
D        Cadd9
 Another Friday
 night
        G
 at the pub,
D         Cadd9
 Shooting pool and
        G
hiding our drunk
D
 We'd lose our
Cadd9
 voice
from every song
   G
we sung,
D
 I can still
  Cadd9     G
recall everything
we were running
 from


[Guitar Solo]
Am  Cadd9  G  D
Am  Cadd9  G  D
Am  Cadd9  G  D
Am  Cadd9  G  D


[Chorus]
        Cadd9
Another Friday
 night
       G
at the pub,
D
 Shooting
Cadd9
pool and
        G
hiding our drunk
D
 We'd lose our
Cadd9
voice from every
        G
song we sung,
D
 I can still
  Cadd9     G
recall everything
we were running
 from

[Outro]
Am  Cadd9  G  D
Am  Cadd9  G  D
Am  Cadd9  G  D
Am  Cadd9  G  F
G  F  G

How to play 76: key, chords and progression

76 by Sam Barber is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 5 chords in all: Cadd9, G, D, Am and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Cadd9 – G – D – Cadd9 (IVadd9 – I – V – IVadd9 in G major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.