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Sam Hunt – Start Nowhere Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
G  G  Cadd9  Cadd9

[Verse]
     G
I'm packin' it up,
 movin' along
Headed for dirt the
 stars fell on
 Cadd9
Heavenly pines, holier ground
You probably ain't ever
heard of the town
 G
Life caught up the
way that it does
Don't even know
who I was
  Cadd9
Before my world
 got so unsteady
Man, I'm ready to
         G
 feel alright

[Chorus]
     Cadd9
Well, I don't know but
 I've been told
Moss don't grow on
 a rolling stone
G
Me, I wanna go where

 the river rolls
And breathe in
that old down home
Cadd9
Feelin' again
'cause lately I've been
Spinnin' my wheels out
 gone with the wind
     G
When I need to get
          D
back to who I am
There ain't but just
     Cadd9
 one road there
Sometimes you gotta
       G     G
start nowhere

[Verse]
     G
I'm cleanin' the slate,
startin' from scratch
Walkin' around retracin'
my tracks
    Cadd9
Where I used to get
lost back in the day
Where everything is
 an hour away
  Am7
Except for a girl that
I used to know
     Em
She lived with her mama
down Calico Road
Cadd9
 She was gonna leave
             G
Did she ever go

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[Chorus]
    Cadd9
Well, I don't know but
 I've been told
Moss don't grow on
 a rolling stone
G
Me, I wanna go where
the river rolls
And breathe in that
old down home
Cadd9
Feelin' again 'cause
lately I've been

Spinnin' my wheels out
 gone with the wind
     G
When I need to get back
     D
to who I am
There ain't but just
     Cadd9
one road there
Sometimes you gotta
        G     G
start nowhere

[Break]
                Cadd9
Yeah, I've been leaned back
           D
Takin' it easy
       G               D
Yeah, I'll be off the grid
             Em      D
 if anybody needs me-ee

               Cadd9
Breathin' some life
back in my lungs
      D
Just like when I was young

 G                  D    Em7 D
And everything was breezy-Y

[Chorus]
    Cadd9
Well, I don't know but
 I've been told
Moss don't grow on
 a rolling stone
G
Me, I wanna go where
the river rolls
And breathe in that
old down home
Cadd9

Feelin' again 'cause
lately I've been
Spinnin' my wheels out
gone with the wind
     G
When I need to get
          D
back to who I am
There ain't but just
     Cadd9
one road there
Sometimes you gotta
         G
 start nowhere

[Outro]
     G
And sometimes you
            Cadd9
gotta start nowhere
              G
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How to play Start Nowhere: key, chords and progression

These are Start Nowhere chords by Sam Hunt on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Start Nowhere by Sam Hunt keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 6 chords: G, Cadd9, D, Am7, Em and Em7.

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

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