tom : D
D
well , i gotta get drunk and i sure do dread it ,
G D
’cause i know just what i’m gonna do .
i start to spend my money , callin’ everybody honey ,
E A
and wind up singin’ the blues .
G D
i’ve spent my whole paycheck on some old wreck ,
A
and brother , i can name you a few .
D G
well , i gotta get drunk and i sure do dread it ,
D A D
’cause i know just what i’m gonna do .
D
2 . i gotta get drunk , i can’t stay sober ,
G D
there’s a lot of good people in town ,
who’d like to hear me holler , see me spend my dollars ,
E A
and i wouldn’t think of lettin’ ’em down .
G
there’s a lot of doctors that tell me ,
D A
that i’d better start to slowin’ it down .
D G
but there’s more old drunks than there are old doctors ,
D A D
so i guess we’d better have another round .
+ refrain + instr . ( = refrain ) + refrain
tom : D
D
well , i gotta get drunk and i sure do dread it ,
G D
’cause i know just what i’m gonna do .
i start to spend my money , callin’ everybody honey ,
E A
and wind up singin’ the blues .
G D
i’ve spent my whole paycheck on some old wreck ,
A
and brother , i can name you a few .
D G
well , i gotta get drunk and i sure do dread it ,
D A D
’cause i know just what i’m gonna do .
D
2 . i gotta get drunk , i can’t stay sober ,
G D
there’s a lot of good people in town ,
who’d like to hear me holler , see me spend my dollars ,
E A
and i wouldn’t think of lettin’ ’em down .
G
there’s a lot of doctors that tell me ,
D A
that i’d better start to slowin’ it down .
D G
but there’s more old drunks than there are old doctors ,
D A D
so i guess we’d better have another round .
+ refrain + instr . ( = refrain ) + refrain
