Ashley McBryde - The Jacket: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "The Jacket" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn The Jacket ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "The Jacket" smoothly on your ukulele.

         E             B      F#       B
It's got a hole in the elbow, bandana pocket
 E             B                F#
Silver button missin' from the snap at the bottom
          E                 B
I said, "That thing's seen better days,
 F#                B
Daddy, you should toss it"
 E            B        F#
And he said "Darlin I can’t"

Chorus:
               E            B           F#
This thing is two-thousand bonfires, I hitchhiked
     B
to Boulder
          E          B         F#
It's kept a million raindrops off your mama's
shoulders
     E           B         F#            B
My heart on my sleeve, my life in these patches
          E                 B               F#
Then he wrapped his arms around me in that old
F#         E B F# E B F#
Jean jacket

It's been a bed for a hound dog, a picnic blanket
There's blood on the collar from a punk who tried
to take it from me
Seen Willie Nelson play four or five states
The best thing Levi ever made

Chorus:
We strung four miles of barbed wire in Corinth,
Mississippi
Spent a night in county jail with an old drunk
and a hippie
It's my heart on the sleeve, it's my life in
these patches
With his arms wrapped around me in that old jean
jacket


E                 B           F#         B
It ain't much to look at, but he let me have it
            E               B               F#
So I could feel his arms around me in that old

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

B

Ukulele chord B

E

Ukulele chord E

F#

Ukulele chord F#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele 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 "The Jacket" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "The Jacket" by Ashley McBryde.