American Nights
Recorded by Zach Bryan
Album: The Great American Bar Scene (2024)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.)
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|(Bm) / / / |(D) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Verse 1)
(Bm)Screen door cracked, there's (D)ball game on
(G)Man on a porch singin�f (D)baritone
(Bm)Tan line leads to that (D) gentle place
Between her (G) collarbone and her (D)stone-cold face - - -
 
(Solo)
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(Verse 2)
(Bm)Dockhand boys all (D)say goodbye
To the (G)women that they swear are gonna (D)be their wives
(Bm)They'll be gone by the (D)wintertime
And (G)they don't wanna bother with (D)no friend of mine
 
(Chorus)
(Bm)Wet, (A)hot, (G)American (D)nights
(D)Shake your body (G)dry under (A)coastline (Bm)light
(Bm)Wet, (A)hot, A-(G)merican (D)nights
Snuck our (D)Fords to the (G)shore and drank a (A)bottle (Bm)bone-dry
Snuck our (D)Fords to the (G)shore and drank a (A)bottle (Bm)bone-dry

(Solo)
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|(Bm) / / / |(D) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |
 
(Verse 3)
Heard (Bm)David got back from (D)his first tour
But he (G)ain�ft the same boy that he (D)was before
(Bm)Twenty's too young to (D)nearly die
A-(G)merican boys are a (D)friend of mine
 
(Break)
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(Verse 4)
(Bm)Delco Danny cut a deal with the (D)dealer
That he (G)met out at the Rivers Ca-(D)sino
He got (Bm)caught countin' cards, then them (D)spades broke his heart
Then the (G)Point Breeze boys broke his (D) nose
(Bm)Mary got that job that she (D)wanted out of town
She was (G)better than the sum of all of (D)us anyhow
She (Bm)still stops by when-(D)ever she can
She's (G)tougher than my brother with her (D)bad left hand
 
(Chorus)
(Bm)Wet, (A)hot, A-(G)merican (D)nights
(D)Shake your body (A)dry under (Bm)coastline light
(Bm)Wet, (A)hot, A-(G)merican (D)nights
Snuck our (Bm)Fords to the (A)shore and drank a (G)bottle bone-(D)-dry
Snuck our (Bm)Fords to the (A)shore and drank a (G)bottle bone-(D)-dry
 
(Break)
|(Bm) / / / |(D) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |
|(Bm) / / / |(D) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |
 
(Outro.)
(Bm)Screen door cracked, there's (D)ball game on
(G)Man on a porch singin�f (Bm)baritone
(Bm)Tan line leads to that (D) gentle place
Between her (G) collarbone and her stone-(D)cold face - - - - -