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