Zach Bryan – Nights Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Zach Bryan – Nights Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are American Nights Chords by Zach Bryan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Bm D G D

[Verse 1]
Bm
Screen door
cracked,
         D
there's ball
game on
G
Man on a porch
singin’
  D
baritone
Bm
Tan line leads to
that
 D
gentle place
Between her
  G
collarbone
and her
  D
stone-cold face

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[Break]
Bm D G D

[Verse 2]
Bm
Dockhand boys
all
 D
say
goodbye
        G
To the women
that
they
swear are gonna
D
be their wives
Bm
They'll be gone
by the
  D
wintertime
     G
And they don't
wanna bother with
   D
no friend of mine

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[Chorus]
Bm    A     G
Wet, hot, American
  D
nights
Shake your body
dry
under
  A        Bm
coastline light
Bm    A     G
Wet, hot, American
  D
nights
Snuck our Fords to
the
shore and drank a
  A         Bm
bottle bone-dry
Snuck our Fords to
the
shore and drank a
  A         Bm
bottle bone-dry

[Verse 3]
       Bm
Heard David got
back
      D
from his first
tour
        G
But he ain’t the
same boy
         D
that he was
before
 Bm
Twenty's too
young
to
  D
nearly die
 G
American boys are
a
   D
friend of mine

[Break]
Bm D G D

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[Verse 4]
Bm
Delco Danny cut
   D
a deal
with the dealer
         G
That he met out
at the
        D
Rivers Casino
        Bm
He got caught
countin'
cards, then them
  D
spades broke his
heart
          G
Then the Point
Breeze
boys
       D
broke his nose
Bm
Mary got that
job
that she
  D
wanted out of t
own
          G
She was better
than
the sum of all
of
  D
us anyhow
Bm
She still stops
by
      D
whenever she can
         G
She's tougher than
my brother with
    D
her bad left hand

[Chorus]
Bm    A     G
Wet, hot, American
  D
nights
Shake your body
dry under
  A        Bm
coastline light
Bm    A     G
Wet, hot, American
  D
nights
           Bm
Snuck our Fords
to the
 A
shore and drank a
 G           D
bottle bone-dry
           Bm
Snuck our Fords
to the
 A
shore and
drank a
 G
bottle
      D
bone-dry

[Break]
Bm D G D

[Outro]
Bm
Screen door
cracked,
         D
there's ball
game on
G
Man on a porch
singin’
  D
baritone
Bm
Tan line leads
to that
 D
gentle place
Between her
  G
collarbone
and her
  D
stone-cold face

How to play Nights: key, chords and progression

Nights by Zach Bryan keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 4 chords: Bm, D, G and A.

The backbone of the song is Bm – D – G – D (vi – I – IV – I in D major). In solfa, that is lah – doh – fah – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes Em, G, C, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E

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Nights chords: questions

What key is Nights in?

Nights by Zach Bryan is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Nights?

Nights uses 4 chords: Bm, D, G, A.

What is the chord progression of Nights?

The main progression is Bm – D – G – D (vi – I – IV – I).

Is Nights easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes Em, G, C, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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