Chords for Lightnin' Hopkins,Brownie McGhee,Sonny Terry,Big Joe Williams-Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey

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You [A] know the ants were lighting while you drank whiskey.
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They asked [D] me why I drank whiskey. _ _ _ _
_ Whiskey killed me, it ain't pretty [A] enough. _
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_ [D] _ Whiskey [Em] the best drink [A] in this world.
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ Watch out, Mr.
Harvey.
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[A] You _ [Am] _ _ know why I [F#] drank whiskey?
[E] _ _ _ [Am] Lord, I drank to keep from worrying.
_ _ _ [D] _ [Am] And I smiled just [A] to keep from crying.
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ Lighting, [D] don't you know, Brownie, drinks to keep [Am] from worrying.
_ [D] Yo, I smiled just to [Am] keep from crying. _ _ _
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That's [E] because I don't want nobody to know.
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Well, [E] [Em] well, just what's [A] on my mind.
[G] About your worrying, [F#] man.
Worried, [A] man.
Did you hear that?
[E] No, no.
_ _ [A] [Am] I drank so much whiskey, [E] _
_ [Am] _ until I stagger [A] in my sleep.
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_ _ _ [D] Lord, sonny, I drank so much whiskey, _ until I stagger, stagger in [A] my sleep.
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_ _ _ _ [E] Lord, I'm gonna keep on drinking, _ _ [D] _ _ [E] till I please, [Am] till I [E] please, till I [A] please.
I got one [Am] more thing to say about it.
_ [E] Yo, _ _ _ [A] don't you know if I ever get lucky and go to heaven,
_ [D] _ _ [E] I want to sit down [A] in St.
Peter's chair. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Lord, if I ever [D] get lucky and go to heaven,
Where you gonna sit at?
I'm gonna sit down in [Am] St.
Peter's chair.
You'll never get down there, son.
Don't [A] mess with my woman, LaPege.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Lord, the [E] first thing I'm gonna ask St.
Peter,
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Have you [E] got any [B] good drinking [A] whiskey up here?
[E] I do, yeah.
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Well, [A] me and old Brian, _ _ yes, [D] we are.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Brian and Harvey, [D] me and old Brian McGee, _ yeah. _
_ Yes, we were the [A] best friends.
No more?
No. _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, you know, [E] we can drink more whiskey. _ _
_ [D] _ Yes, [E] I mean it.
Four or [A] five minutes.
_ Drank the [Dm] rest of mine, because [A] I had a lot of take-up on it.
_ Well, when we in New York City in 1941,
_ [G#] [Am] I go to the store and buy a pint. _
_ [A] Brian and I drink half of it. _
And I drink the rest.
I say, hey, [D] Brian, _ _ _ Lord, when we ever [A] gonna get drunk?
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[E] Well, we walk the streets all day. _
_ _ [D] Come [A] on, we eat at home, man.
_ [Em] _ _ [F] Come here, let me hear you, [E] son. _
_ [E] Anybody a [A] whiskey-headed man? _ _
[F#] I know you and Brian stay [Am] drunk all the time.
[Em] Lord, how good we do.
Talk to me, Joe.
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Son of you and Brian are [D] whiskey-headed men.
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You better watch [D] yourself, fella.
And you boys stay drunk all the time.
Talk to me. _ _ _ _ _ _
I don't care how you drink [E] your good whiskey, sonny.
_ But you and Brian, [D] please don't mess with that woman of mine.
[E] Thank you, sir. _ _
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[E] _ Every time I meet [Am] you down _
_ _ [D] [Am] the street,
_ you put that old [G] moonshine whiskey.
[A] You try to talk trash to everyone you meet.
But you're a [D] whiskey-headed man. _ _
_ _ Stay drunk all the [A] time. _
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_ [A] _ [E] I know you boys gonna stop drinking this old whiskey. _ _
_ _ [D] I know you boys gonna do what you want.
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] Why, [E] Miss Hopper, you better get back here.
Brian ain't [A] here for the whiskey.
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He wants [D] everybody to know.
[Am] _ _ He [A] drinks whiskey in [Em] Texas and everywhere he go.
But he [Am] didn't know.
Brian, [B] you got a friend, Lanyon Hopper.
[Am] _
He do the [D] same [Am] thing, too.
_ If I can't get a drink for somebody else,
please, Brian, can I get a drink for me?
Oh, [D] I _ _ _ _ _ drink, [Am] man, mostly all the time.
[F#] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ I [E] just want a drink of your whiskey.
Yeah, _ _ [D] _
you can [E] dismiss [A] your wine.
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Since you [Em] asked me for a favor,
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here's what I'm [E] gonna try to do.
_ [A] _ [E] If I ain't got no money,
I'll rob Steel Bun [A] Bake Bar, too.
I'm gonna try to get you some whiskey.
_ _ I want you to have a very fine time.
If I can't get you scotch and bourbon,
well, I sure ain't gonna offer you no wine.
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Whoa, _ [Am] [D] Sam Hopkins. _ _
I'm so glad [E] you in my [Am] town. _ _
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[E] I want you to drink and have your fun
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_ [Am] until, until, [A] until the deal goes down. _
[Am] _ _ _ [E] Let's go out together like [A] that.
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