Chords for David Allan Coe- Drank My Wife Away

I said, you got a drinking problem.
_ I go, I don't got a [Gm] drinking problem, sir.
I just [A] like to drink.
[Abm] It ain't a problem [N] for me.
_ _ _ And I said, any woman that comes in your courtroom [Bb] and tells you that they didn't know that [F] I drank is a liar.
Because I drink every night, on stage, off stage, don't matter.
You know, everybody knows I drink.
[N] I'm a whiskey maker.
I'm not a drug user, but I'm a [Ebm] good, I'm a drinker.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ And this [Db] is what the judge said to me.
He said, [Ab] yeah, but this time you drank [Gb] your wife [Db] away.
_ I [N] said, what did you say? _
He said, you drank your wife away.
I said, man, you got a piece of paper and a pencil?
He goes, oh, I forgot you were a songwriter.
[G] I go, [Abm] well, let me just ask you something, sir.
You [B] just said this is the third time I've been before you, [E] so I must assume [Db] that you're going to give it.
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_ _ _ _ And I'm [Ab] assuming that you're going to give her the house?
He goes, oh, [E] yeah.
And the car?
[B] _ Oh, yeah.
[N] _
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_ I got a shit, right? _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [N] What else was there for me to do except write a great song about this experience
so the next woman in the audience has something she can take when she [G] decides to leave?
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_ _ _ Ladies, _ I'll be having a drink.
I'll have a chip [Bb] of my ass whiskey. _ _
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_ _ _ _ Have a [C] good day. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] I came sober [Fm] _ to [Bb] face the heartache.
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She told me stop drinking or [Bb] she'd leave me.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] She tried to set me _ free.
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_ _ _ _ _ Did you see how big your [Ebm] cigarette was?
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_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ Went before the same judge _ and he said, _
_ _ _ _ Well, I see you're back before me again.
You got to what was wrong.
And I go, yeah, [Gbm] my answer is still the same.
So _ he was [Gm] all I knew you would say that.
He [F] said, so what I've asked [Dm] your soon to be ex-wife to [A] do is to take [Abm] a small tape recorder
and make a recording of you [Fm] when you come home drunk.
[Dm] So you could just listen to yourself and see how you sound.
And maybe [F] you would get some help, sir, because you've got a very [N] serious problem. _
_ And I said, well, okay, I'll be back to listen to your tape, but I just like to say something first. _
[D] And he says, okay, you can say [N] something like, well, in this house where I live,
there's just two adults and some children that live [Fm] in this house.
[E] And only one of those adults works.
[Ab] And that adult is me.
_ _ _ And [F] I don't care how drunk I get, sir.
When I come home to a house that I paid [Dm] _ [Gbm] $750,000 for and my [N] key doesn't work in the door,
we got a goddamn problem.
_ Now _ _ _ _ _ you go ahead and play me [Bb] your tape.
And I mean, it could have been me on the tape.
I don't know.
You know, probably one of your friends probably said, [Gbm] hey,
you called and left [Db] this message on my [Bb] phone the other day when you were drunk.
Listen, listen, you [Abm] go, oh, shit, that ain't [N] me.
Well, yeah, that was you.
You left this message on my phone.
But just for the purpose of this story tonight, I'm just going to go ahead and say it probably was.
_ _ _ _ [G] Because they paid me to tape it and it sounded like this.
Bitch! _ _ _ _
You motherfucker, _ _ [Gm] I pay the bills here.
[Gb] I'll whip your ass, bitch.
Get the fuck [G] down here right now, bitch.
Open this goddamn [Ab] door.
And you hear [G] this little woman's voice [D] on the tape [Fm] saying,
_ [Eb] just lay down on [Ab] the porch, [N] honey, and go to sleep, and I'll see you in the morning.
_ I mean, she said the greatest thing any of my [D] ex-wives [Gm] ever said to me.
This is what she [Cm] said.
[N] I know you don't mean it.
It's just the whiskey talking. _ _ _ _ _ _
I don't [F] _ _ _ _
_ love you.
_ And I don't want you.
[Bb] And I'm not coming [F] home tonight.
_ [N] _