Chords for George Thorogood - I Drink Alone - 8/1/2011 - Wolfgang's Vault
Tempo:
120.2 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I've always been a fan of great songwriting, you know, Hank Williams and Chuck Berry, you know, all the best.
great artist who's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but should be,
if nothing else for his expertise as a songwriter.
[E] I've really respected his music and [F] his attitude for a long [E] time.
I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
[C] Yeah, you know when I drink alone, [D] I don't want nobody [E] else.
Not every morning, just before [G] breakfast, I [E] don't want no coffee or tea.
great artist who's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but should be,
if nothing else for his expertise as a songwriter.
[E] I've really respected his music and [F] his attitude for a long [E] time.
I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else.
[C] Yeah, you know when I drink alone, [D] I don't want nobody [E] else.
Not every morning, just before [G] breakfast, I [E] don't want no coffee or tea.
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I've always been a fan of great songwriting, you know, Hank Williams and Chuck Berry, _ you know, all the best.
I'm going to do a song that was written by a great artist who's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but should be,
if nothing else for his expertise as a songwriter. _
[E] I've really respected his music and [F] his attitude for a long [E] time.
I'm going to do one of those songs right now, if you don't mind. _ _ _
_ _ I drink alone, _ _ _ _ yeah, with nobody else. _ _
_ _ _ I drink alone, _ _ _ _ yeah, with nobody else. _
_ _ _ _ [C] Yeah, you know when I drink alone, [D] _ I don't want nobody [E] else. _
_ _ _ _ Not every morning, just before [G] breakfast, I [E] don't want no coffee or tea.
Just me and my good body, wise love.
That's all I ever need, cause I drink alone, _ _ _ _ yeah, with nobody else.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Yeah, you know when I drink alone, [D] _ I prefer to be [E] by myself. _ _ _ _ _
The other night I got invited to a party.
_ I stayed home instead.
Me and my pal Johnny Walker and his brothers Blackie and Red, and we drank alone.
[Em] _ _ [E] _ Yeah, with nobody else. _ _ _ _
_ [C] Yeah, you know when I drink alone, [D] _
I prefer to be [E] by myself. _ _ _
Well, the other day I was sleeping.
I woke from a terrible dream.
_ I called up my friend Jack Daniels and his partner Jimmy Beam, and we drank alone. _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, with nobody else. _ _ _
_ _ [C] Mmm, you know when I drink alone, [D] _
I don't want nobody [E] else. _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] Yeah, my whole family done give up on me.
Don't make me feel too sad.
The only one who will hang out with [E] me is my dear old granddad, and we drink alone. _
_ _ _ Yeah, with nobody else.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [D] _ I don't want nobody [E] else.
_ _ _ _ [C] Yeah, you know when I drink [D] alone, I don't want [E] nobody else. _ _ _ _
[C] Yeah, _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] I drink alone. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ know how badly Joni Mitchell wanted to write that one.
_ _ Neil Young, eat your heart out.
_ _ I don't know about songwriting myself, you know. _
_ _ _ Anyway, we got this _ _ new thing called _ 2120 South Michigan Avenue out on Capitol Records.
It's a tribute to chess. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ It's a museum now.
It used to be the recording studio of Chess Records.
Are you familiar with Chess Records?
Anybody familiar with chess?
_ Anybody?
_ _ There's some music that changed the world.
I mean, that's where they _ played Johnny B.
Goode and Roll Over Beethoven for the first time.
[F#] And it's hard to imagine that the world didn't have this lick in it once.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] Can you imagine that?
It's like [E] trying to realize the world without television or something.
And that was Chuck Berry's contribution.
And the line he used, _ _ Roll Over Beethoven and tell Joukowsky the news,
that wasn't just telling a musical statement.
That was a social phenomenon, a social statement.
He was telling the world the world is changing or the world is going to change, not just music.
And he was right.
_ He changed music.
The Beatles liked what he did.
The Beatles didn't just change music.
They changed the world.
So Chuck was the guy that was the _ link.
He's that link between blues and to get that music on television, on American Bandstand,
and to get it into the consciousness of our lives.
So the debt that we owe to Chess Records for hiring him to do that, it affected all our lives.
All this wouldn't be here.
All this wouldn't be if that hadn't happened.
So if nothing else, it got all us people together here this afternoon.
So let's see how things work.
And it was all so when Chuck Berry comes out and plays, he says, well, he's not playing that good.
We're playing him a lot.
I go, we're playing him a lot and he can do nothing if he wants.
He can just sit there and piss on the stage as far as I'm concerned.
_ _ And I wouldn't be wrong either.
_ [C#] So at any rate, that's what we got coming out.
It's _ _ _ hopefully it will be played on the radio.
And a tune Bo Diddley did.
I want to do one of the pieces off of it.
_ _ _ It's been done by a lot of others.
_ You know, Cream, _ Ten Years After.
_ And I heard Dion did a really great version of it.
All three great artists who did this song.
But there is absolutely no way that they're going to play it as good as we're going to play [A#] it today. _ _
I'm going to do a song that was written by a great artist who's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but should be,
if nothing else for his expertise as a songwriter. _
[E] I've really respected his music and [F] his attitude for a long [E] time.
I'm going to do one of those songs right now, if you don't mind. _ _ _
_ _ I drink alone, _ _ _ _ yeah, with nobody else. _ _
_ _ _ I drink alone, _ _ _ _ yeah, with nobody else. _
_ _ _ _ [C] Yeah, you know when I drink alone, [D] _ I don't want nobody [E] else. _
_ _ _ _ Not every morning, just before [G] breakfast, I [E] don't want no coffee or tea.
Just me and my good body, wise love.
That's all I ever need, cause I drink alone, _ _ _ _ yeah, with nobody else.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Yeah, you know when I drink alone, [D] _ I prefer to be [E] by myself. _ _ _ _ _
The other night I got invited to a party.
_ I stayed home instead.
Me and my pal Johnny Walker and his brothers Blackie and Red, and we drank alone.
[Em] _ _ [E] _ Yeah, with nobody else. _ _ _ _
_ [C] Yeah, you know when I drink alone, [D] _
I prefer to be [E] by myself. _ _ _
Well, the other day I was sleeping.
I woke from a terrible dream.
_ I called up my friend Jack Daniels and his partner Jimmy Beam, and we drank alone. _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, with nobody else. _ _ _
_ _ [C] Mmm, you know when I drink alone, [D] _
I don't want nobody [E] else. _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] Yeah, my whole family done give up on me.
Don't make me feel too sad.
The only one who will hang out with [E] me is my dear old granddad, and we drink alone. _
_ _ _ Yeah, with nobody else.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, [C] you know when I drink alone, [D] _ I don't want nobody [E] else.
_ _ _ _ [C] Yeah, you know when I drink [D] alone, I don't want [E] nobody else. _ _ _ _
[C] Yeah, _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] I drink alone. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ know how badly Joni Mitchell wanted to write that one.
_ _ Neil Young, eat your heart out.
_ _ I don't know about songwriting myself, you know. _
_ _ _ Anyway, we got this _ _ new thing called _ 2120 South Michigan Avenue out on Capitol Records.
It's a tribute to chess. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ It's a museum now.
It used to be the recording studio of Chess Records.
Are you familiar with Chess Records?
Anybody familiar with chess?
_ Anybody?
_ _ There's some music that changed the world.
I mean, that's where they _ played Johnny B.
Goode and Roll Over Beethoven for the first time.
[F#] And it's hard to imagine that the world didn't have this lick in it once.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] Can you imagine that?
It's like [E] trying to realize the world without television or something.
And that was Chuck Berry's contribution.
And the line he used, _ _ Roll Over Beethoven and tell Joukowsky the news,
that wasn't just telling a musical statement.
That was a social phenomenon, a social statement.
He was telling the world the world is changing or the world is going to change, not just music.
And he was right.
_ He changed music.
The Beatles liked what he did.
The Beatles didn't just change music.
They changed the world.
So Chuck was the guy that was the _ link.
He's that link between blues and to get that music on television, on American Bandstand,
and to get it into the consciousness of our lives.
So the debt that we owe to Chess Records for hiring him to do that, it affected all our lives.
All this wouldn't be here.
All this wouldn't be if that hadn't happened.
So if nothing else, it got all us people together here this afternoon.
So let's see how things work.
And it was all so when Chuck Berry comes out and plays, he says, well, he's not playing that good.
We're playing him a lot.
I go, we're playing him a lot and he can do nothing if he wants.
He can just sit there and piss on the stage as far as I'm concerned.
_ _ And I wouldn't be wrong either.
_ [C#] So at any rate, that's what we got coming out.
It's _ _ _ hopefully it will be played on the radio.
And a tune Bo Diddley did.
I want to do one of the pieces off of it.
_ _ _ It's been done by a lot of others.
_ You know, Cream, _ Ten Years After.
_ And I heard Dion did a really great version of it.
All three great artists who did this song.
But there is absolutely no way that they're going to play it as good as we're going to play [A#] it today. _ _