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Parker McCollum – Montgomery County Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Montgomery County chords by Parker McCollum for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
G  Bm  G     Em7  C  D

[Verse 1]
G                           
Yeah, it's Montgomery County, 
 Em7     C
it's 105
                      D    
It's that old curtain hiding 
                       G
me inside those pines
                   Em7             C
It's Bobby laughing, Joann's perfume
                      D         
It's Tommy Shirley's "Sweetheart,
                         G
 come on back real soon"
                   Em7 
It's Live Oak Cleaners,
              C
 it's Triple C
                       D   
It's what I miss, good God,
                     G  Em7  C  D
 damn near everything

[Verse 2]
G                   Em7
 It's Wedgewood weekends,
                   C
 it's Yancey's Row
                     D    
I can't believe what they
                   G
 did to McAleb Road
                Em7          C
It's all my cousins, RC and me
                       D   
It's what I miss, good God,
                      G  Em7  C  D
 damn near everything

[Verse 3]
G                 Em7
 It's Buddy Moorhead,
                   C
 Mom's on the track
                   D    
One day, I'll be a Conroe 
                   G
Tiger quarterback
                   Em7             C
My brother's girlfriends or Amy Wold
                          D    
Each Christmas time, we'd wish
                            G
 like hell that it would snow
                 Em7    C
It's Luby's Jell-O, 2003
                       D  
It's what I miss, good God, 
                     G
damn near everything

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[Instrument]
Em7  C  D  F     Am7
F  Dm7  Am  D

[Verse 4]
G                   Em7             C
 It's Michael Lauren, Pete Junior High
                     D
Those early mornings hunting
                 G
Just my dad and I
                  Em7  
I can't explain it, you
                C
 just had to see
                       D   
It's what I miss, good God, 
                    G  Em7  C
damn near everything

[Outro]
                       D  
I'll always miss, good God, 
                   G   Em7  C  D
damn near everything
G  Em7  C  D  G  Em7  C  D  G

Watch: Parker McCollum - Montgomery County (Performance Video)

From ParkerMcCollumVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Montgomery County: key, chords and progression

Montgomery County by Parker McCollum is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 9 chords: G, Bm, Em7, C, D, F, Am7, Dm7 and Am.

Most of the song cycles through G – Em7 – C – D (I – vi7 – IV – V in G major), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: Bm and F are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.