Chords for George Thorogood & The Destroyers - I Drink Alone (Lyrics on screen)
Tempo:
93.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
[Em] [E] I [Bm]
[E]
[E] drink alone, [G] yeah, with nobody [E] else.
[G] [E] I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [G] [D] I prefer to be [E] by myself.
Now every [Em] morning, just before breakfast, I don't want no coffee or tea.
[F#] Just me and my good buddy, Wiser.
That's all I [E] ever get, because I drink alone.
[D] [Em] Yeah, with nobody else.
[D] [E] [G] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [D] I prefer to [E] be by myself.
[D]
[E] Yeah, the other night I was sleeping, and I woke from a terrible dream.
So I called up my pal Jack Daniels, and his partner Jimmy B, and we drank alone.
[D] [E]
Yeah, with nobody else.
[D] [E]
Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [D]
I prefer to be by [E] myself.
[Em] [E]
[G]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[A]
[E]
[Dm] [E]
Yeah, the other day I got by to go to a party, but I stayed home instead.
Just me and my pal Johnny Walker, and his brother, Cracky and Red, and we drank alone.
[D] [E] Yeah, [Em] with nobody else.
Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [G] [D] I prefer to be by [E] myself.
[Em]
[E] Yeah, the other night we drank alone.
[E]
[F#] [E]
[C]
[D] [E]
Yeah, my whole family don't give up on me, and it makes me [C] feel oh so bad.
[Gm] The only one who will hang out with me is my dear old friend, [E] Dad.
And we drank alone.
[D] [E] Yeah, with nobody else.
[D]
[E] [Em] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone,
[D] I prefer to be [E] by myself.
[Bm]
[E] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone,
[D] I prefer to be [E] by [Em] myself.
[C]
[G] I [D] [E]
drink alone.
[N]
[Em] [E] I [Bm]
[E]
[E] drink alone, [G] yeah, with nobody [E] else.
[G] [E] I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [G] [D] I prefer to be [E] by myself.
Now every [Em] morning, just before breakfast, I don't want no coffee or tea.
[F#] Just me and my good buddy, Wiser.
That's all I [E] ever get, because I drink alone.
[D] [Em] Yeah, with nobody else.
[D] [E] [G] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [D] I prefer to [E] be by myself.
[D]
[E] Yeah, the other night I was sleeping, and I woke from a terrible dream.
So I called up my pal Jack Daniels, and his partner Jimmy B, and we drank alone.
[D] [E]
Yeah, with nobody else.
[D] [E]
Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [D]
I prefer to be by [E] myself.
[Em] [E]
[G]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[A]
[E]
[Dm] [E]
Yeah, the other day I got by to go to a party, but I stayed home instead.
Just me and my pal Johnny Walker, and his brother, Cracky and Red, and we drank alone.
[D] [E] Yeah, [Em] with nobody else.
Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [G] [D] I prefer to be by [E] myself.
[Em]
[E] Yeah, the other night we drank alone.
[E]
[F#] [E]
[C]
[D] [E]
Yeah, my whole family don't give up on me, and it makes me [C] feel oh so bad.
[Gm] The only one who will hang out with me is my dear old friend, [E] Dad.
And we drank alone.
[D] [E] Yeah, with nobody else.
[D]
[E] [Em] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone,
[D] I prefer to be [E] by myself.
[Bm]
[E] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone,
[D] I prefer to be [E] by [Em] myself.
[C]
[G] I [D] [E]
drink alone.
[N]
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ drink alone, _ _ [G] yeah, with nobody [E] else.
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ I drink alone, _ _ _ _ yeah, with nobody else.
_ _ _ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [G] _ [D] I prefer to be [E] by myself.
_ _ _ _ Now every [Em] morning, just before breakfast, I don't want no coffee or tea.
[F#] Just me and my good buddy, Wiser.
That's all I [E] ever get, because I drink alone. _
[D] _ [Em] Yeah, with nobody else. _
[D] _ [E] _ _ [G] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [D] _ I prefer to [E] be by myself.
[D] _
[E] _ _ Yeah, the other night I was sleeping, and I woke from a terrible dream.
So I called up my pal Jack Daniels, and his partner Jimmy B, and we drank alone.
[D] _ _ [E] _
Yeah, with nobody else.
_ [D] _ [E] _
_ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, _ [D]
I prefer to be by [E] myself.
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, the other day I got by to go to a party, but I stayed home instead.
Just me and my pal Johnny Walker, and his brother, Cracky and Red, and we drank alone. _
[D] _ [E] Yeah, [Em] with nobody else. _
_ _ _ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [G] _ [D] I prefer to be by [E] myself.
[Em] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Yeah, the other night we _ _ _ drank alone.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, my whole family don't give up on me, and it makes me [C] feel oh so bad.
[Gm] The only one who will hang out with me is my dear old friend, [E] Dad.
And we drank alone. _ _
[D] _ [E] Yeah, with nobody else.
[D] _
[E] _ _ [Em] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, _
[D] _ I prefer to be [E] by myself.
_ [Bm] _
[E] _ _ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, _
[D] _ I prefer to be [E] by [Em] myself. _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] I [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ drink alone. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ drink alone, _ _ [G] yeah, with nobody [E] else.
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ I drink alone, _ _ _ _ yeah, with nobody else.
_ _ _ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [G] _ [D] I prefer to be [E] by myself.
_ _ _ _ Now every [Em] morning, just before breakfast, I don't want no coffee or tea.
[F#] Just me and my good buddy, Wiser.
That's all I [E] ever get, because I drink alone. _
[D] _ [Em] Yeah, with nobody else. _
[D] _ [E] _ _ [G] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [D] _ I prefer to [E] be by myself.
[D] _
[E] _ _ Yeah, the other night I was sleeping, and I woke from a terrible dream.
So I called up my pal Jack Daniels, and his partner Jimmy B, and we drank alone.
[D] _ _ [E] _
Yeah, with nobody else.
_ [D] _ [E] _
_ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, _ [D]
I prefer to be by [E] myself.
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, the other day I got by to go to a party, but I stayed home instead.
Just me and my pal Johnny Walker, and his brother, Cracky and Red, and we drank alone. _
[D] _ [E] Yeah, [Em] with nobody else. _
_ _ _ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [G] _ [D] I prefer to be by [E] myself.
[Em] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Yeah, the other night we _ _ _ drank alone.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, my whole family don't give up on me, and it makes me [C] feel oh so bad.
[Gm] The only one who will hang out with me is my dear old friend, [E] Dad.
And we drank alone. _ _
[D] _ [E] Yeah, with nobody else.
[D] _
[E] _ _ [Em] Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, _
[D] _ I prefer to be [E] by myself.
_ [Bm] _
[E] _ _ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, _
[D] _ I prefer to be [E] by [Em] myself. _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] I [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ drink alone. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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