Zach Bryan – Cannonball (Guitar Acoustic)

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CANNONBALL (ACOUSTIC) As recorded by Zach Bryan (From the 2026 Album WITH HEAVEN ON TOP - ACOUSTIC) [Intro] G Em7 Dsus2 C/G [Verse 1]
G                                                C/G
 We've come a long way since those drunk days on backroads

                                      Em7
You and your high hopes always stayed down

                   D                     C/G
You always saw the best in me, high in Yosemite, we hide

G                                              C/G
 Now I'm driving through Reno, those goddamn casinos

C/G
You always kept God close

                 Em7                           D                            C/G
Except that time you bet it all on black, came back to the room with twenty grand
[Verse 2]
G                                    C/G
 We spent it all on gasoline, PCH to Cannon Beach

                                  Em7
Laid in the sand and, man, I have never seen

               D                           C/G
Something more beautiful than you and your cannonball
[Chorus]
         Em                             D
You were smiling like a thief with your cheek-tearing teeth

        G                        C/G
You was praying to Jesus, we was running from the police

     Em                   D
They sold off the town we used to call home

         G                     C/G
And your cannonball sits on Cannon Beach alone

            Em                D
And they're using my muses to make fun of me

         G                           C/G
And your face up as your blood sucks from an IV
[Interlude] G C/G Em7 Dsus2 C/G [Verse 3]
G                                                    C/G
 We've come a long way since that shit banned at the Blue List

                              Em7                  D                 C/G
You said anything other than another fucking cover of "Only The Good Die Young"

G
But I never thought it'd be you

                     C/G
I always thought I'd beat you to the Golden Gates

                     Em7                D                           C/G
Won't you wait a few hours there by the door? We've all been here before
[Chorus]
         Em                             D
You were smiling like a thief with your cheek-tearing teeth

        G                        C/G
You was praying to Jesus, we was running from the police

            Em                     D
And they're using my muses to make fun of me

         G                           C/G
And your face up as your blood sucks from an IV
[Verse 4]
G
But you stood up on your own, your mom called my telephone

G
Said you've been standing and rambling about gambling

    Em7                      D         C/G
And howling out in the night high in Yosemite
[Bridge]
   Em                               D
So call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

          G
There are cannonballs falling in the heat of July

Em                               D
Call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

        G
There's cannonballs falling in the heat of July

Em                               D
Call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

          G
There are cannonballs falling in the heat of July

Em                               D
Call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

          G
There are cannonballs falling in the heat of July

Em                               D
Call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

          G
There are cannonballs falling in the heat of July
[Out-Chorus]
         Em                             D
You were smiling like a thief with your cheek-tearing teeth

        G                        C/G
You was praying to Jesus, we was running from the police

     Em                        D
They sold off the town that we used to call home

         G                  C/G
And your cannonball sits on Cannon Beach alone