Zach Bryan – Bass Boat Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Zach Bryan – Bass Boat Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Bass Boat chords by Zach Bryan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]

Am G C F
Am G C F
Am G C F
Am G C F

[Verse 1]
   Am      G
My old man bought a
C         F
big bass boat
       Am
When I think of
F
that
G         C
summer of hope I
F
choke
      Am
Cause even if we
G
didn’t
catch a
C
little bit of
 F
something
     Am        G
We’d park that boat
by the
C            F
bluff at the days
inn
        Am
I got a need to
find
G
trouble when
C          F
things are alright,
  Am       G
I pine for pain
in the
C       F
morning light
    Am
And even with
   G
my baby
        C       F
sitting next to me
      Am       G
I’m a self sabotaging
   C       Am
suicide machine

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[Chorus]
           Am
And you’re going,
G      C
going, going
 C
Til the Lord calls
you home in,
     G
Your work boots
and your
               F
worn coveralls
           Am
And you’ll show
them,
G          C
show them, show
them
          C
With your high
collateral loan
on
     G
That home where
your children
play
            F
with dolls

[Instrumental]
Am G C F
Am G C F

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[Verse 2]
             Am
Cause I was raised
by
   G
a woman who was
  C        F
 hardly impressed
      Am
And I carry that
G
shit real
C          F
deep in my chest
       Am
Cause I ain’t ever
 G
been one for
 C       F
cheap excuses,
     Am
And apologies have
G
always been a
C              F
little late or useless
           Am
But if you give me
four
G
minutes and a
C              F
little ‘bit of time,
     Am
I’ll make them old
G
days an
C             F
old friend of mine
    Am
And I can talk to
G
God and I can
C        F
pray all day
        Am
But you can’t heal
G
something that you
C           F
never raised

[Chorus]
           Am
And you’re going,
G      C
going, going
 C
On Thanksgiving day
           G
when you’re sneaking
off to
           F
drink some alcohol,
           Am
And you’ll show
them,
G          C
show them, show
them
             C
While you’re kissing
all the knees of
G
Every scrape and
every
            F
bloody fall

[Instrumental]
Am G C F
Am G C F]

[Outro]
   Am      G
My old man bought a
C         F
big bass boat
       Am
When I think of that
G         C      F
summer of hope I choke
      Am         G
Cause even if we didn’t
catch a
C
little bit of
 F
something
     Am        G
We’d park that boat
by the
C            F
bluff at the days end

How to play Bass Boat: key, chords and progression

Bass Boat by Zach Bryan sits in A minor (no sharps or flats), and you need 4 chords to play it: Am, G, C and F.

Listen for F – Am – G – C (VI – i – VII – III in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Em, D, G, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C

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Bass Boat chords: questions

What key is Bass Boat in?

Bass Boat by Zach Bryan is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Bass Boat?

Bass Boat uses 4 chords: Am, G, C, F.

What is the chord progression of Bass Boat?

The main progression is F – Am – G – C (VI – i – VII – III).

Is Bass Boat easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Em, D, G, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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