Beer Drinking Woman Chords by Elvin Bishop

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[Gb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] The story is true, ladies [Cm] and gentlemen.
_ Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. _
_ [G] _ _ [F] The city, _ Oakland, California.
The place, [C] _ Eli's Mile High Club.
_ _ _ [G] The year, _ _
[F] _ 1988.
The story [Cm] goes something like this. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] I walked into a beer [Cm] tavern to show a young lady a nice time.
When I walked in [Eb] there, I had $50 in my pocket.
[C] When I walked out, I had one dime.
[F] She was a beer drinking woman. _
_ Don't you know, man, [Cm] don't you know? _
_ _ [A] She [G] was a beer drinking woman. _
[F] And I don't want [Cm] to see her [Eb] no more. _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] Now, after she got done drinking up all my money, boy,
she said, Elvin, I know you're not through.
[Cm] I said, yes, I [Eb] am too, woman.
[C] And the trophy belongs to you.
Wasn't [F] that a _ beer drinking woman?
_ [G] Don't you [Cm] know, man, [Eb] don't you know? _
[G] _ _ She was a beer drinking woman.
[F] _ And I don't want [Cm] to see her [Eb] no more. _ _
[C] Now, boy, I don't want to see that woman no [Cm] more. _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ Slow down, boy.
I [Cm] ain't got no credit card.
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_ _ [A] _ _ [C] Now, every once in a while, she would say, excuse me while I walk around here.
[Cm] [Eb] And every time she'd come [Cm] back, boy,
looked like she had room for another [F] quart of beer.
She was a beer drinking woman.
[F] Don't you know, [Cm] man, don't you know?
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[Cm] _ _ _ [G] She was a beer drinking woman. _
[F] _ And I don't want [Cm] to see her no more. _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ Had another goat on light beer.
[Cm] _ _ [Cm] _ Said, well, let's fill it.
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