Learn to play "A Song Was Born" 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.
F Haggard on a houseboat, tryin' not to sink A#7 Wonderin' if he oughta float back or F just stay here and drink C7 A#7 He found a guitar 'fore he found that Shasta shore F And a song was born Willie on an airplane, brown bag and a pen Flyin' high thinking 'bout being on the road again Tried her out on a crowd down at John T. Floore's A song was born Chorus: A# Outta real life, outta real love C The best ones you can't make up Dm C A# A#7 It just means more when you've been there before. A# Outta hard times, outta heartbreaks C Hitch a good rhyme to a mistake Dm C A# A#7 Then you pour those feelings out over three chords. F A song was born I've wrote 'em in the Carolina mountains, on a Cabo beach In a thousand rooms in Nashville, Tennessee On a Bitterroot River, Montana back porch A song was born Chorus Outta real life, outta real love The best ones you can't make up It just means more when you've been there before Outta hard times, outta heartbreaks Hitch a good rhyme to a mistake Then you pour those feelings out over three chords Then you pour those feelings out over three chords A song was born A song was born You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA# A#7 C C7 Dm 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 "A Song Was Born" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "A Song Was Born" by Luke Combs.