Zach Bryan – Tradesman (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
    Cmaj           Fmaj7          Am
e|-----------------------0--------------0-----------------|
B|--8--8--h10--8---1--1-------1---1--1-------1---0---0----|
G|----9-------9-----2-------2-------2------2--------0-----|
D|--10-------------3--------------2-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------3------7-|
Cmaj = Fmaj7 slid up to the 8th fret
G * = F slid up to the third
*** = picking pattern above/instrumental part of the song [Verse 1]
Cmaj
No one on this side of town

Fmaj7
Knows a good place for a boy to drown

Am                                 G
They look at me so strange when I talk

Cmaj                                         Fmaj7
I wish I was a tradesman learnin' from some beat down old layman

          Am
On some hillside they ain't named yet

                  G
Sleepin' next to mountain fire smoke
[Verse 2]
Cmaj
And everyone lately's scarin' me

           Fmaj7
It's all backdoor deals and therapy

         Am                              G
And the only callous I've grown's in my mind

Cmaj                                         Fmaj7
I wish I was a tradesman playin' with some tuned-up tight string band

           Am                                   G
Somewhere out by the badlands way past closin' time
[Chorus]
                  Am        G          C           F
So if you want to trade I'd say it's a hard earned mile

          Am         G             C      F
I want to sweat like hеll, throw a hammer down

      Am            G           C          F
And know the old feelin' of a five o'clock smilе

     Am      G             C        F    G*
And know I didn't take no easy way out
*** [Verse 3]
Cmaj
There's something more that I need

     Fmaj7
than accolades and sympathy

                             Am                   G
Fatiguing in the summer heat while they smoke big cigars

Cmaj
So give me something I can't fake

Fmaj7
That rich boys can't manipulate
Something real that they can't take
Am                      G
Cause lord I'm not your star
[Chorus]
                  Am        G          C           F
So if you want to trade I'd say it's a hard earned mile

          Am         G             C      F
I want to sweat like hеll, throw a hammer down

      Am            G           C          F
And know the old feelin' of a five o'clock smilе

     Am      G             C        F
And know I didn't take no easy way out
[Outro]
Cmaj
Everyone lately's scarin' me

         Fmaj7
It's all backdoor deals and therapy

    Am                               G
The only callous I've grown is in my mind