George Strait - Drinkin Man

first “tab” so it might be wrong but it sounds right to me .

capo at 1 if your guitar is set to standard tuning

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i woke up this morning and i
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swore to god i’d never ,
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ever take another drink again .
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i fought it like the devil
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but you know that you’re in trouble
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when your fourteen and drunk by 10am
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tried to hide it from my mom and dad
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all my friends said straighten up i just laughed and said you don’t understand
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that’s a hell of a lot to ask of a drinkin’ man

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at sixteen i was on my own
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flyin’ high and staying stoned
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i knew everything there was to know
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i did things that i can’t talk about
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i wore my mom and Daddy out
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late nights they spend prayin’ for my soul

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stayed sober once for nine days in a row
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i quit cold – turkey
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dame near almost made it to ten
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but that’s a hell of a lot to ask of a drinkin’ man

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i look into the mirror , bottle in my hand
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i’d like to pour it out , i just don’t think i can
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’cause that’s a hell of a lot to ask of a drinkin’ man

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i don’t know when or where it was
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or how we met and fell in love
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or why she’d even fall for a guy like me
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i tried to pull myself together
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hopin’ we could last forever
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for a while i started to believe

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her Daddy said , “she’s all i got
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son , don’t ever break her heart
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promise me before you take her hand”
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but that’s just too much to ask of a drinkin’ man

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i look into the mirror , bottle in my hand
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i’d like to pour it out , i just don’t think i can
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’cause that’s a hell of a lot to ask of a drinkin’ man

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i woke up this mornin’ and i
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swore to god i’d never ,
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ever take another drink again