American Nights Live chords by Zach Bryan

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: A#

Intro:

D#m  F#  B  F#
D#m  F#  B  F#
D#m  F#  B  F#
D#m  F#  B  F#

Verse 1:
D#m              F#
Screen door cracked, there's ball game on
B            F#
Man on a porch singin’ baritone
D#m           F#
Tan line leads to that gentle place
      B          F#        N.E .
Between her collarbone and her stone-cold face

Interlude:
D#m  F#  B  F#
D#m  F#  B  F#


Verse 2:
D#m         F#
Dockhand boys all say goodbye
    B                 F#
To the women that they swear are gonna be their wives
D#m            F#
They'll be gone by the wintertime
  B                 F#
And they don't wanna bother with no friend of mine


Chorus:
D#m  C#   B     F#
Wet, hot, American nights
        B      C#     D#m
Shake your body dry under coastline light
D#m  C#   B     F#
Wet, hot, American nights
            B          C#    D#m
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
     B       D#m         C#    F#
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry


Interlude:
D#m  F#  B  F#
D#m  F#  B  F#


Verse 3:
D#m          F#
David got back from his first tour
    B              F#
But he ain’t the same boy that he was before
D#m           F#
Twenty's too young to nearly die
 B          F#
American boys are a friend of mine


Interlude:
D#m  F#  B  F#


Verse 4:
D#m         F#
Delco Danny cut a deal with the dealer
    B             F#
That he met out at the Rivers Casino
    D#m                F#
He got caught countin' cards, then them spades broke his heart
     B             F#
Then the Point Breeze boys broke his nose
D#m             F#
Mary got that job that she wanted out of town
    B                F#
She was better than the sum of all of us anyhow
D#m           F#
She still stops by whenever she can
   B                 F#
She's tougher than my brother with her bald left hand


Chorus:
D#m  C#   B     F#
Wet, hot, American nights
        B      C#     D#m
Shake your body dry under coastline light
D#m  C#   B     F#
Wet, hot, American nights
            B          C#    D#m
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
     B       D#m         C#    F#
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry


Pedal Steel Solo:
D#m  F#  B  F#
D#m  F#  B  F#


Outro:
D#m  C#   B     F#
Wet, hot, American nights
        B      C#     D#m
Shake your body dry under coastline light
D#m  C#   B     F#
Wet, hot, American nights
            B          C#    D#m
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry