Zach Bryan – Cannonball Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Zach Bryan – Cannonball Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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

[Verse 1]
A
We've come a long way since those 
                      D
drunk days on backroads
                                F#m
You and your high hopes always stayed 
down
                   E
You always saw the best in me, 
                 D
high in Yosemite, we hide
A
Now I'm driving through Reno, 
                   D
those goddamn casinos, 
you always kept God close
               F#m
Except that time you bet it 
       E
all on black, 
                                D
came back to the room with twenty grand

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[Chorus]
              F#m
And you were smiling like a thief 
          E
with your cheek-tearing teeth
        A
You was praying to Jesus, 
       D
we was running from the police
        F#m               E
They're using my muses to make 
fun of me
         A
And your face up while your 
              D
blood sucks from an IV

[Verse 2]
A
We spent it all on gasoline, 
D
PCH to Cannon Beach
                   F#m
Laid in the sand and, man, 
I have never seen
               E
Something more beautiful 
              D
than you and your cannonball
A
And we've come a long way 
                        D
since that shit banned at the Blue List
                    F#m
You said anything other than 
        E
another fuking cover 
             D
of "Only The Good Die Young"
[Chorus]
              F#m
And you were smiling like a thief 
          E
with your cheek-tearing teeth
        A
You was praying to Jesus, 
       D
we was running from the police
     F#m
They covered all the songs 
         E
that are best kept alone
      A
'Cause your cannonball sits 
          D
on Cannon Beach alone
        F#m               E
They're using my muses to make 
fun of me
         A
And your face up while your 
              D
blood sucks from an IV

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[Verse 3]
A
And I never thought it'd be you
                       D
I always thought I'd beat you 
to the Golden Gates
                     F#m
Won't you wait a few hours 
         E
there by the door? 
                D
We've all been here before
A
But you stood up on your own, 
D
your mom called my telephone
Said you've been standing 
    F#m
and rambling about gambling
                E
And howling out in the night 
D
high in Yosemite

[Chorus]
              F#m
And you were smiling like a thief 
          E
with your cheek-tearing teeth
        A
You was praying to Jesus, 
       D
we was running from the police
     F#m                   E
They sold off the town we used 
to call home
         A                  D
And your cannonball sits on Cannon 
Beach alone

[Break]
F#m   E   A

[Outro]
   F#m
So call up your brothers, 
          E
won't you take you a ride?
          A
There are cannonballs falling 
in the heat of July
F#m
call up your brothers, 
          E
won't you take you a ride?
          A
There are cannonballs falling 
in the heat of July
F#m
call up your brothers, 
          E
won't you take you a ride?
          A
There are cannonballs falling 
in the heat of July
F#m
call up your brothers, 
          E
won't you take you a ride?
          A
There are cannonballs falling 
in the heat of July
F#m
call up your brothers, 
          E
won't you take you a ride?
          A
There are cannonballs falling 
in the heat of July
F#m
call up your brothers, 
          E
won't you take you a ride?
          A
There are cannonballs falling 
in the heat of July

How to play Cannonball: key, chords and progression

Cannonball by Zach Bryan is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 4 chords: A, D, F#m and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – D – F#m – E (I – IV – vi – V in A major), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B

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Cannonball chords: questions

What key is Cannonball in?

Cannonball by Zach Bryan is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in Cannonball?

Cannonball uses 4 chords: A, D, F#m, E.

What is the chord progression of Cannonball?

The main progression is A – D – F#m – E (I – IV – vi – V), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V.

Is Cannonball easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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