Chords for Lightnin' Hopkins Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey

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[Dm] _ [A] _ Okay, like, you know to ask for light and white, drink whiskey.
_ [D] _ _ _ Whiskey, pretty [A] nice. _ _ _ _ _
They [D] ask me why I drink whiskey.
_ _ Whiskey gives me [A] a pretty nice. _ _ _ _ _
[D] You know [Em] I do, [B] you do.
[E] _ _ [D] _ [G]
Whiskey the [A] best drink in this world.
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_ _ [D] _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ [A] You know why I drink whiskey?
[E] Tell [G] me about it, brother.
Lord, [Am] I drink to keep from worrying. _
_ I smile just to keep from crying. _ _
[A] _ _ _ Lighting [D] up your nose on a drink to [Gb] keep from worrying.
_ [D] Yo, I smile just to [Am] keep from crying. _
_ [A] _ _ _ That's [E] because I don't want nobody to [Am] know.
_ [D] [Am] Well, well, just what's wrong with that man?
About you worried [Dm] about it.
[A] One day about it, you can't tell you want to cry. _
I drink so much whiskey.
_ [Am] _ Until I stagger [A] in my sleep.
_ Lord, _ _ _ _
[D] son, I drink so much whiskey.
_ Until I stagger, [A] stagger in my sleep. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Lord, I'm gonna keep on drinking.
[D] _ Until I please, [A] until I please, until I please.
I put my face in my head.
_ _ [E] [A] Lord, don't you know if I ever get lucky and go to heaven.
_ _ I'm gonna sit down in St.
Peter's Chapel. _
_ _ _ _ [G] [Am] Lord, if I ever get [D] lucky and go to heaven.
Where you gonna sit at?
I'm gonna sit down in St.
[A] Peter's Chapel.
You'll never get down there.
Don't mention my woman to me.
_ _ _ Lord, the [E] first thing I'm gonna ask St.
Peter.
_ [D] _ [A] Have you got any good [Dm] drinking whiskey [A] out there?
I do.
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Well, me and old Brian, yes, we are defense [Am] friends.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] Like [D] to hug me and old Brian McGee.
Yes, yes, we [Gb] were defense [A] friends.
[Am] Lord knows.
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Well, [E] you know we can drink more whiskey.
_ [Am] _ [Bm] Yes, I mean it, [A] for five minutes.
Drinking is right smart, because I'll take you up on it.
Well, when we in New York City in 1941.
[Ab] [Am] I go to the store and [A] buy a pint.
_ Ronnie drink half a. _
And I drink the rest.
I say, [D] hey, Ronnie.
_ _ Lord, when we ever [Am] gonna get drunk.
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[D] Well, we walk the [A] streets all night.
_ [Am] [D] Come back home and hit it [A] on our little car.
_ _ Yes, yes, yes, yes. _
[Eb] You buy your whiskey, hey [A] man.
_ [Gb] I know you and Brian stay drunk [A] all the time.
[Em] Lord, how much we do.
Talk to [A] me, Joe. _
Sonny, you [D] and Brian are whiskey heavy men.
I'm gonna watch this one, son.
And you boys stay drunk [A] all the time.
Talk to me. _ _ _
I don't care how you drink your good whiskey, sonny.
[E] Uh-huh.
But you [D] and Brian, please don't mess with that woman of mine.
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[Am] Every time I meet you, _ _ [A] you boys walking down the street.
You put that old moonshine whiskey.
You try to talk to that woman of yours.
[D] But you're a whiskey heavy man.
_ _ _ Stay drunk all the [Am] time.
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Son, if you and Brian [E] don't stop drinking your whiskey.
You.
[A] [D] I [Am] know you boys gonna lose your minds.
_ _ All right, [E] Miss Hop.
Brian, he's a [Am] whiskey drinker.
He wants everybody to know. _
He drinks whiskey in Texas and everywhere he go.
But he didn't know.
Brian, you got a friend, Lanyon Hopkins.
[Eb] Do the [D] same [Am] thing.
If I can't get a drink from somebody else.
Please, Brian, can I [A] get a drink?
[D] No.
_ _ _ I drink, man, [Am] mostly all the time.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] I just want a drink of your whiskey.
_ [A] _ [D] You can dismiss [A] your wine.
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[G] Miss, you asked [A] me for a favor.
_ Guess what [E] I'm gonna try.
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Brian got my mind off of steel, bone, and black barbecue.
I'm gonna try to get you some whiskey.
_ I want you to have a very fun time.
I can't get you stopped and bourbon.
But I'll show you all the Euro [D] wine.
Whoa, Sam Hopkins.
Hop, I'm so glad you're in [A] my town.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] [E] I want you to drink and have your fun.
[A] _ [Am] Until, until, [A] until the deal goes down.
[Eb] That's what I want?
[A] Boy, let's get it on.
You're gonna like that.
[Am] Yes.
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