Chords for Drunken Poet's Dream

Tempo:
124.95 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

C#

C#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Drunken Poet's Dream chords
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[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
I got a woman [C] who's [G] wild as Rome.
She likes being [C] naked and [G] gazed upon.
She crosses the bridge, she [C] sets [G] it on fire.
She lands like a bird on a telephone wire.
[D] I'm gonna holler, and I'm gonna scream.
[C] I'm gonna get me [G] some less delay.
[C#] [D] Then I'm gonna ride there with gasoline.
It's a drunken [G] poet's dream.
[C]
[G]
There's some money on the table [C] and a [G] pistol on the floor.
New paperback books, [C] I love it [G] all more.
Whiskey bottles are scattered like last night's clubs.
With cigarettes and [C] papers and [G] Oreos.
My harmonica's [C] got a [G] busted reed.
My lips are chapped [C] and [G] fat bleed.
She says that's nothing [C] when she [G] was a kid.
She danced with the dead [C] at the [G] pivots.
[D] I'm gonna holler, and I'm gonna scream.
[C] I'm gonna get me [G] some less delay.
[D] Then I'm gonna ride there with gasoline.
It's a drunken [G] poet's dream.
[C] Oh, [G]
[D] oh.
[G] [C]
[G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
Now I'll never pay back [C] my student [G] loan.
Smelling like [C] corn since [G] she's gone.
She tells me not to worry about [C] [G] Judge Monday.
She says down to get in heaven, just [C] be an [C#m] ally.
[D] I'm gonna holler, and I'm gonna [C] scream.
I'm gonna [G] get me some less delay.
[D] Then I'm gonna ride there with gasoline.
It's a drunken [G] poet's dream.
[C]
Whoa.
[G]
I got a woman [C] [G] who's wild as bone.
She likes being naked [C] in [G]
this bone.
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
C#
12341114
C#m
13421114
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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To learn Ray Wylie Hubbard - (Hint: There Is No C) Drunken Poets Dream chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G, C and G. Begin your practice at a relaxed 62 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 125. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: G Major.

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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I got a woman [C] who's [G] wild as Rome. _ _ _ _
She likes being [C] naked and [G] gazed upon.
_ _ _ _ _ She crosses the bridge, she [C] sets [G] it on fire.
_ _ _ _ She lands like a bird on a telephone wire.
[D] I'm gonna holler, and I'm gonna scream.
[C] I'm gonna get me [G] some less delay.
[C#] [D] Then I'm gonna ride there with _ gasoline.
It's a drunken [G] poet's dream.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's some money on the table [C] and a [G] pistol on the floor.
_ _ _ _ New paperback books, [C] I love it [G] all more.
_ _ _ _ Whiskey bottles are scattered like last night's clubs. _ _
_ _ With cigarettes and [C] papers and _ [G] _ _ Oreos. _ _ _
My _ harmonica's [C] got a [G] busted _ reed. _ _ _ _
My lips are chapped [C] and [G] fat bleed. _
_ _ _ _ She says that's nothing [C] when she [G] was a kid. _ _
_ _ She danced with the dead [C] at the _ [G] pivots.
[D] I'm gonna holler, and I'm gonna scream.
[C] I'm gonna get me [G] some less delay.
_ [D] Then I'm gonna ride there with _ gasoline.
It's a drunken [G] poet's _ dream.
[C] _ _ Oh, [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ oh. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now I'll never pay back [C] my student [G] loan. _ _ _ _ _
_ Smelling like [C] corn since [G] she's gone.
_ _ _ _ _ She tells me not to worry about [C] [G] Judge Monday. _
_ _ _ She says down to get in heaven, just [C] be an [C#m] ally.
[D] I'm gonna holler, and I'm gonna [C] scream.
I'm gonna [G] get me some less delay.
[D] Then I'm gonna ride there with _ gasoline.
It's a drunken [G] poet's _ dream.
[C] _ _
Whoa.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I got a woman [C] [G] who's wild as bone. _ _ _ _ _
She likes being naked [C] in [G]
this bone. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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The A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment album includes this song.

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