Bryan Martin - Never Coming Home: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Never Coming Home" 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.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

         C#                            B
My granddaddy was a trucker, took his fair
share of bumpers
         F#
Chasing white lines for a dollar,
                     C#
but he never let us down
           C#                            B
Now I’m a different breed of drifter, I do
my kind of drifting
        F#
With a guitar and a bottle and I play
             C#
it good and loud
       C#                         B
I cut tail and run too often to a bar down in Austin
   G#                                           C#
If I forget the words, you can blame it on the Crown

Chorus:
                   F#                    C#
But you can bet I know about a lonesome road
               F#                 G#
You can bet I know about a heavy load
              C#
They call it playing for a living
         B
But the truth is it isn’t
    F#                  C#
As easy as a writing a song
         C#
Tell my babies I love 'em
           G#                       C# B F#
But their daddy ain’t never coming home

Well, I still remember hearing the roaring
of the engine
Rolling in the drive after one long run
And he worked himself to death, but on his death bed
He looked at me and said, "The job ain't done"
And I seen all I can see, just a guitar and me
Chasing every honky-tonk in the setting sun

Chorus

You can bet I know
About a lonesome road
You can bet I know
About a heavy load
They call it playing for a living, but the truth is,
it isn't
As easy as a-writin' a song
Tell my babies I love 'em
But their daddy ain't never coming home

Tell my babies I love 'em
But their daddy ain't never coming home
Ain't never coming home


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

B

Guitar chord B

C#

Guitar chord C#

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#

Guitar chord G#

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 "Never Coming Home" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Never Coming Home" by Bryan Martin.