American Nights chords by Zach Bryan

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro:

Bm D G D

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

Break:
Bm D G D

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

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

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

Break:
Bm D G D

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

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

Break:
Bm D G D

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