Plainsman (ft Turnpike Troubadours)
Recorded by Zach Bryan & Turnpike Troubadours
Album: Single (2026)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
|(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Am) / / / |
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(F) / / / |(F) / /
 
(Verse 1)
You can (C)take him off the plains, but the plains live in him
Like a (Am)moccasin, sittin' with his riverbend venom
(C)Gets into your blood and remains 'til you die (F) / / / (F) / /
 
(Verse 2)
You can (C)call him off the mountain, but the mountain stays callin'
(Am)Call him on his bluff, but he's always all instyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
(G)Killin' coyotes, know a country boy can survive (F)style='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
 
(Chorus)
So where (C)would you go when you need someone honest?
What (Am)would you wish if you only had a comet?
Would (G)you understand the beauty of a barren land? (F)
If it (Am)wasn't for the (G)hometown, (F)home now, plains (C) man?
 
(Instrumental)
| / (C) / |(C) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Am) / / |
| / (G) / |(G) / / / |(F) / / / |(F) / /

(Verse 3)
You can (C)take him off the river, but the rivers stays flowin'
(Am)Take him off the hook, but the flier stays floatin'
(G)Have a trout jumpin' out, askin' where his old friends been (F)
 
(Verse 4)
You can (C)take him off the law, but the law stays cuttin'
You can (Am)take him off the hammer, but the frame needs nuttin'
(G)Worker's hands bloody, still come back for more (F)
 
(Chorus)
Now (C)here you go, cut out, runnin'
(Am)Bet you now doubled or nothin'
You'll (G)never find the beauty that'll beat this barren land (F)
Or an-(Am)other like your (G)hometown (F)home now, plains (C)man
 
(Instrumental)
| / (C) / / |(C) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Am) / / / |
| / (G) / / |(G) / / / |(F) / (Em) / |(Dm) / (C) /

(Verse 5)
(C)Honeysuckle choking out an (G)old fence road
(Am)Hardwood yellow of a (F)boat dock post
(C)Feelin' that you got it (G)right when you had the (F)chance
 
(Verse 6)
(C)She ain't gone if I can (G)sit here with her
I (Am)feel her on the water with a (F)cold chill shiver
(C)Lorrie let a cigarette and (G)I just headed (F)home
 
(Chorus)
So where (C)would you go when you need someone honest?
What (Am)would you wish if you only had a comet?
Would (G)you understand the beauty of a barren (F)land?
If it (Am)wasn't for the (G)hometown (F)home now, plains (C) man?
 
(Instrumental)
|(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Am) / / / |
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(F) / / / |(F) / / / |
|(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Am) / / / |
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(F) / / / |(F) / /
 
(Out-Chorus)
Where (C)would you go when you need someone honest?
What (Am)would you wish if you only had a comet?
(G)Would you understand the beauty of a barren (F)land?
If it (Am)wasn't for the (G)hometown (F)home now
(NC)Plains man? - - - - -