Skip to song content
Chordier homepage

Jason Aldean - Fly Over States Chords

Chord reference G, Bm, C, Am, D, Em, B7
Rhythm tips ↓-↓-↓-↓↑

[G]A couple guys in first class on a flight from new York to Los Angeles [Bm]Kinda making small talk killing time, flirting with the flight attendants, [C]Thirty thousand feet [Am]above, could be Oklahoma, [G]Just a bunch of square cornfields and wheat farms, man it all looks the same [Bm]Miles and miles of back roads and highways, connecting little towns with funny [C]names, Who’d want to live down [Am]there in the middle of [D]nowhere,

They’ve never [Em]drove through [C]Indiana, met the men who [G]plowed that earth, Planted that seed, [D]busted his ass for [B7]you and me, or caught a [Em]harvest moon in [C]Kansas, They’d understand [D]why God made those fly [C]over states

[G]I bet that mile long Santa Fe freight train engineer’s seen it [Bm]all Just like that flatbed cowboy stacking U.S. steel on a three day [C]haul Road and rails under their feet, [Am]yeah that sounds like a [D]first class seat

On the [Em]plains of [C]Oklahoma, with a [G]windshield sunset in your eyes Like a [D]watercolor [B7]painted sky, you’d [Em]think heavens doors have [C]opened You’ll understand [D]why God made those fly [C]over states

[Em] [C] [G] [D] [B7] Take a [Em]ride across the [C]badlands f[G]eel that freedom on your face [D]Breathe in all that [B7]open space Meet a g[Em]irl from [C]Amarillo you’ll understand [D]why God made Might even want [C]to plant your stakes in those fly [G]over states

[Em] [C] [G] [D] Have you ever [Em]been through [C]Indiana, [G] [D] [B7] On the [Em]plains of [C]Oklahoma [G] [D] Take a [Em]ride[C] [G] [D]

Artist Jason Aldean
Album My Kinda Party
Genres Country
Year 2010
Key G

How to Play Fly Over States on Guitar?

Jason Aldean - Fly Over States can be played in the key of G using the G, Bm, C, Am, D, Em, B7 chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For B7, To play B7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, B ring open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Fly Over States with the ↓-↓-↓-↓↑ strumming pattern.