Ashley McBryde - The Jacket: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Jacket" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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         E             B      F#       B
It's got a hole in the elbow, bandana pocket
 E             B                F#
Silver button missin' from the snap at the bottom
          E                 B
I said, "That thing's seen better days,
 F#                B
Daddy, you should toss it"
 E            B        F#
And he said "Darlin I can’t"

Chorus:
               E            B           F#
This thing is two-thousand bonfires, I hitchhiked
     B
to Boulder
          E          B         F#
It's kept a million raindrops off your mama's
shoulders
     E           B         F#            B
My heart on my sleeve, my life in these patches
          E                 B               F#
Then he wrapped his arms around me in that old
F#         E B F# E B F#
Jean jacket

It's been a bed for a hound dog, a picnic blanket
There's blood on the collar from a punk who tried
to take it from me
Seen Willie Nelson play four or five states
The best thing Levi ever made

Chorus:
We strung four miles of barbed wire in Corinth,
Mississippi
Spent a night in county jail with an old drunk
and a hippie
It's my heart on the sleeve, it's my life in
these patches
With his arms wrapped around me in that old jean
jacket


E                 B           F#         B
It ain't much to look at, but he let me have it
            E               B               F#
So I could feel his arms around me in that old


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

B

Guitar chord B

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Jacket" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Jacket" by Ashley McBryde.