Chords for The Drunken Driver
Tempo:
103.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
Now listen you drunken driver, while here on earth you dwell, you'll never [G] know when
[D] you'll have to say [G] farewell, to your dear old mother and sister, though
[C] please don't be drinking whiskey [D] while driving on your way.
saw an accident one day, should charm the hearts of men, [C] and teach him never [G] to drink
steering wheel's in his hand, this awful accident occurred on the twentieth
[C] cause two loving [G] children [D] to sleep beneath [G] the clay, these two little children
up on the state highway, [C] their loving mother [G] she had died, [D] their father
Now listen you drunken driver, while here on earth you dwell, you'll never [G] know when
[D] you'll have to say [G] farewell, to your dear old mother and sister, though
[C] please don't be drinking whiskey [D] while driving on your way.
saw an accident one day, should charm the hearts of men, [C] and teach him never [G] to drink
steering wheel's in his hand, this awful accident occurred on the twentieth
[C] cause two loving [G] children [D] to sleep beneath [G] the clay, these two little children
up on the state highway, [C] their loving mother [G] she had died, [D] their father
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Now listen you drunken driver, _ while here on earth you dwell, _ _ you'll never [G] know when
the time will come, [D] you'll have to say [G] farewell, _ _ to your dear old mother and sister, _ though
they may be miles away, _ _ [C] please don't be drinking whiskey [D] while driving on your way.
_ I saw an accident one day, should charm the hearts of men, _ [C] and teach him never [G] to drink
a drop, while a steering wheel's in his hand, _ this awful accident occurred _ on the twentieth
day of May, [C] cause two loving [G] children [D] to sleep beneath [G] the clay, _ these two little children
walked side to side, up on the state highway, _ _ [C] their loving mother [G] she had died, [D] their father
had [G] run away, _ they were talking of their loving parents, _ how sad their hearts would feel,
[C] when around the curve [G] came a speeding car, [D] with a drunk man [G] at the wheel, _ the driver
saw these two little ones, _ and who did a drunkard sound, [C] get out of the road [G] you little
[D] fools, and the car had [G] knocked him down, _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ the driver staggered from his car, _ _ to see what
he had done, [C] his attire [G] sank within him, [D] when he saw his [G] loving son, _ he then picked up his
little one, _ and carried him to his car, _ _ [C] and kneeling [G] on the running board, [D] he prayed a
[G] drunkard's prayer, _ saying please oh lord forgive me, for this awful crime I've done, his [C] attention
then was called away, to the words of his dying son, _ _ saying take us to our mother dead,
_ _ she sleep beneath the ground, it was you and her we were talking [D] about, when the car [G] knocked us
down, _ _ and please dear dad don't drink no more, _ while driving on your way, _ but meet us with our
mother [D] dead, in heaven some sweet [G] day. _ _ _ _
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Now listen you drunken driver, _ while here on earth you dwell, _ _ you'll never [G] know when
the time will come, [D] you'll have to say [G] farewell, _ _ to your dear old mother and sister, _ though
they may be miles away, _ _ [C] please don't be drinking whiskey [D] while driving on your way.
_ I saw an accident one day, should charm the hearts of men, _ [C] and teach him never [G] to drink
a drop, while a steering wheel's in his hand, _ this awful accident occurred _ on the twentieth
day of May, [C] cause two loving [G] children [D] to sleep beneath [G] the clay, _ these two little children
walked side to side, up on the state highway, _ _ [C] their loving mother [G] she had died, [D] their father
had [G] run away, _ they were talking of their loving parents, _ how sad their hearts would feel,
[C] when around the curve [G] came a speeding car, [D] with a drunk man [G] at the wheel, _ the driver
saw these two little ones, _ and who did a drunkard sound, [C] get out of the road [G] you little
[D] fools, and the car had [G] knocked him down, _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ the driver staggered from his car, _ _ to see what
he had done, [C] his attire [G] sank within him, [D] when he saw his [G] loving son, _ he then picked up his
little one, _ and carried him to his car, _ _ [C] and kneeling [G] on the running board, [D] he prayed a
[G] drunkard's prayer, _ saying please oh lord forgive me, for this awful crime I've done, his [C] attention
then was called away, to the words of his dying son, _ _ saying take us to our mother dead,
_ _ she sleep beneath the ground, it was you and her we were talking [D] about, when the car [G] knocked us
down, _ _ and please dear dad don't drink no more, _ while driving on your way, _ but meet us with our
mother [D] dead, in heaven some sweet [G] day. _ _ _ _
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