Plainsman keyboard

Plainsman

• Intro

PLAINSMAN
As recorded by Zach Bryan feat. Turnpike Troubadours
(From the 2026 EP YOUNG MANHOOD AND OTHER DONATABLE ORGANS)


Capo 2nd fret


* strum once


Intro
C    Am7    G    F


Verse 1
        C
You can take him off the plains but the plains live in him
       Am7
Like a moccasin sittin' with his river-bend venom
G                                         F
Gets into your blood and remains 'til you die


Verse 2
        C
You can call him off the mountain but the mountain stays callin'
Am7
Call him on his bluff but he's always all in
G                                          F
Killin' coyotes, know a country boy can survive


Chorus
         C
So where would you go when you need someone honest?
     Am7
What would you wish if you only had a comet?
      G                                  F
Would you understand, beauty of a barren land?
      Am             G        F               C
If it wasn't for the hometown home now, plainsman


Interlude
C     Am7     G     F


Verse 3
        C
You can take him off the river but the river stays flowin'
Am7
Take him off the hook but the flier stays floatin'
G                                                      F
Have a trout jumpin' out, askin' where his old friends been


Verse 4
        C
You can take him off the saw but the saw stays cuttin'
        Am7
You can take him off the hammer but the frame needs buttin'
G                                          F
Worker's hands bloody, still come back for more


Chorus
      C
Now I hear you go, cut out, runnin'
Am7
Bet you know doubled or nothin'
       G                                              F
You'll never find the beauty that'll beat this barren land
    Am               G        F                  C
Or another like your hometown home now, plainsman


Interlude
C     Am7     G     F


Verse 5
C                          G
Honeysuckle choking out an old fence row
Am                   F
Hardwood yellow of a bodark post
C                       G                      F
Feelin' that you got it right when you had the chance


Verse 6
C*                      G*
She ain't gone if I can sit here with her
  Am*                          F*
I feel her on the water with a cold chill shiver
C                          G             F
Lorrie lit a cigarette and I just headed home


Chorus
         C
So where would you go when you need someone honest?
     Am
What would you wish if you only had a comet?
      G                                  F
Would you understand, beauty of a barren land?
      Am             G        F         C
If it wasn't for the hometown home now, plainsman


Instrumental Break
C    Am     G    F
C    Am     G    F


Out-Chorus
      C*
Where would you go when you need someone honest?
     Am*
What would you wish if you only had a comet?
      G*                                      F
Would you understand, the beauty of a barren land?
      Am             G        F         N.C.
If it wasn't for the hometown home now, plainsman

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