Thanks For The Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays435

Thanks For The by John Michael Montgomery is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, G, A, D2 and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: D G A D 

Verse 
                                      D2                     G 
it sure is nice sitting on this porch picking these old time song 
   D                                   D2                     A 
no matter how far i get from here this place still feels like home 
                   Bm                                     G 
remember all those summer nights we talked about life and such 
                D          A           D 
dad ive come to realise, i havent said enough 

 
                                                 G 
but thanks for the g chord, teaching me about the good lord 
                   D                  A 
giving me that old ford when i turned 16 
                   Bm                        G 
thanks for hanging in there when i was going nowhere 
                     D 
and thanks for never changing that lock on the front door 
A              D       G A D 
thanks for the g chord 

                                                   D2                  G 
that old flat top martin you gave me back then you know i still got it now 
          D                                   D2          A 
i keep it locked up in that same old case you use to tote around 
                   Bm                            G 
sometimes when the crowd is quiet i bring it out again 
         D                            A               D 
and play the first song you taught me back when i was 10 

Chorus 
                   Bm                        G 
thanks for hanging in there when i was going nowhere 
                     D 
and thanks for never changing that lock on the front door 
A              D       G A D 
thanks for the g chord 
    	

Chord diagrams

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