Alcohol

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ALCOHOL diatonic
By: Brad Paisley
Key: C

5  6    6  6  5  6  5  6   -6
I can make an-y-bod-y pret-ty
4 -4    5   6  5    -6  6 -4  4
I can make you be-lieve an-y lie
7 -6    7   7    7 -6   -7
I can make you pick a fight
  6   -6   6  6  6 5   4    -4
with some-bod-y twice your size

 4     5   6     6   5    6   4  4    6   -6
Well I've been known to cause a few break-ups
 4    5   6     6   -6   6   5 -4    4
and I've been known to cause a few births
7 -6   7    7  -8   -7-6 6
I can make you new friends
-4  5   6   6 5   4    -4
Or get you fired from work.

 6    -6   7   8  8  8-87 7-6  7  -5
And since the day I  left Mil-wau-kee
  8     8   -8 7  -8    -66-5
Lynch-burg, Bor-deaux, France
 7-6  7  -8   8  -87-7  -6  -7  7   6  4
Been mak-in’ the bars  Lots of big mon-ey
-4   -5  -5    -6   6  -5  6-5-4
and help-in’ white peo-ple dance

7 -8   8   8  -8   7  8    8   -8 7
I got you in trou-ble in high school
-6   7   -6   7    7   6  5 -5 4
but col-lege now that was a ball
-5   6   -6  -7  7   6   -4 4
you had some of the best times
  5    -5  6  -6  6  -44  -3” 3
you'll nev-er re-mem-ber with me
8  -6  7   8  -6  7
Al-co-hol, Al-co-hol

4  4    5    6   6    6    5  5   6   -6
I got blamed at your wed-ding re-cep-tion
 4   -4    5    6   5  -6    6  -4    4
for your best man's em-bar-rass-ing speech
-6  7  7  7-6  -7    6  6  -6    6
and al-so for those nak-ed pic-tures 
6   5  4   4    -4
of you at the beach
  4  5   6    6     6    4    4     6  -6
I've in-flu-enced kings and world lead-ers
4   4     5   6  6-6   6     5  -4  4
I helped Hem-ing-way write like he did
 7   -6   7   7 -8   -7  -6  6
and I`ll bet you a drink or two 
 -4 -4  5   6    5
that I can make you
-4   -4   -4    -4  -4  -4   -4
put that lamp-shade on your head 

 6    -6   7   8  8  8-87 7-6  7  -5
And since the day I  left Mil-wau-kee
  8    8    -8 7  -8    -66-5
Lynch-burg, Bor-deaux, France
 7-6  7  -8   8  -87-7  -6  -7  7   6  4
Been mak-in’ the bars  Lots of big mon-ey
-4   -5  -5    -6   6  -5  6-5-4
and help-in’ white peo-ple dance

7  7 -8  8   8  -8  7  8   8  -87
I am med-i-cine and I am pois-on 
-6 -6  7   -6  7  7    6   5  -5 4
I can help you up or make you fall
-5   6   -6  -7  7   6   -4 4
you had some of the best times
  5    -5  6  -6  6  -44  -3” 3
you'll nev-er re-mem-ber with me
8  -6  7
Al-co-hol
 
 6    -6   7   8  8  8-87 7-6  7  -5
And since the day I  left Mil-wau-kee
  8     8   -8 7  -8    -66-5
Lynch-burg, Bor-deaux, France
 7-6  7  -8   8  -87-7  -6  -7  7   6  4
Been mak-in’ the bars  Lots of big mon-ey
-4   -5  -5    -6   6  -5  6-5-4
and help-in’ white peo-ple dance

7 -8   8   8  -8   7  8    8   -8 7
I got you in trou-ble in high school
-6   7   -6   7    7   6  5 -5 4
but col-lege now that was a ball
-5   6   -6  -7  7   6   -4 4
you had some of the best times
  5    -5  6  -6  6  -44  -3” 3
you'll nev-er re-mem-ber with me
8  -6  7   8  -6  7
Al-co-hol, Al-co-hol

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