Alcohol (chromatic)

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

ALCOHOL chromatic
By: Brad Paisley
Key: C

6  7    7  7  6  7  6  7   -7
I can make an-y-bod-y pret-ty
5 -5    6   7  6    -7  7 -5  5
I can make you be-lieve an-y lie
8 -7    8   8    8 -7   -8
I can make you pick a fight
  7   -7   7  7  7 6   5    -5
with some-bod-y twice your size
 
 5     6   7     7   6    7   5  5    7   -7
Well I've been known to cause a few break-ups
 5    6   7     7   -7   7   6 -5    5
and I've been known to cause a few births
8 -7   8    8  -9   -8-7 7
I can make you new friends
-5  6   7   7 6   5    -5
Or get you fired from work.

 7    -7   8  10 10 10-98 8-7  8  -6
And since the day I  left Mil-wau-kee
 10    10   -9 9  -9    -77-6
Lynch-burg, Bor-deaux, France
 8-7  8  -9  10  -98-8  -7  -8  8   7  5
Been mak-in’ the bars  Lots of big mon-ey
-5   -6  -6    -7   7  -6  7-6-5  
and help-in’ white peo-ple dance

8 -9  10  10  -9   9 -10  -10  -9 9
I got you in trou-ble in high school
-7   8   -7   8    8   7  6 -6 5
but col-lege now that was a ball
-6   7   -7  -8  8   7   -5 5
you had some of the best times
  6    -6  7  -7  7  -54  -3  3
you'll nev-er re-mem-ber with me
10 -7  9   10 -7  9
Al-co-hol, Al-co-hol

5  5    6    7   7    7    6  6   7   -7
I got blamed at your wed-ding re-cep-tion
 5   -5    6    7   6  -7    7  -5    5
for your best man's em-bar-rass-ing speech
-7  8  8  8-7  -8    7  7  -7    7
and al-so for those nak-ed pic-tures 
7   6  5   5    -5
of you at the beach
  5  6   7    7     7    5    5     7  -7
I've in-flu-enced kings and world lead-ers
5   5     6   7  7-7   7     6  -5  5
I helped Hem-ing-way write like he did
 8   -7   8   8 -9   -8  -7  7
and I`ll bet you a drink or two 
 -5 -5  6   7    6
that I can make you
-5   -5   -5    -5  -5  -5   -5
put that lamp-shade on your head 
 
7    -7   8  10 10 10-98 8-7  8  -6
And since the day I  left Mil-wau-kee
 10    10   -9 9  -9    -77-6
Lynch-burg, Bor-deaux, France
 8-7  8  -9  10  -98-8  -7  -8  8   7  5
Been mak-in’ the bars  Lots of big mon-ey
-5   -6  -6    -7   7  -6  7-6-5  
and help-in’ white peo-ple dance

8  8 -9 10  10  -9  9 -10 -10 -99
I am med-i-cine and I am pois-on 
-7 -7  8   -7  8  8    7   6  -6 5
I can help you up or make you fall
-6   7   -7  -8  8   7   -5 5
you had some of the best times
  6    -6  7  -7  7  -54  -3  3
you'll nev-er re-mem-ber with me
10 -7  9   
Al-co-hol

7    -7   8  10 10 10-98 8-7  8  -6
And since the day I  left Mil-wau-kee
 10    10   -9 9  -9    -77-6
Lynch-burg, Bor-deaux, France
 8-7  8  -9  10  -98-8  -7  -8  8   7  5
Been mak-in’ the bars  Lots of big mon-ey
-5   -6  -6    -7   7  -6  7-6-5  
and help-in’ white peo-ple dance

8 -9  10  10  -9   9 -10  -10  -9 9
I got you in trou-ble in high school
-7   8   -7   8    8   7  6 -6 5
but col-lege now that was a ball
-6   7   -7  -8  8   7   -5 5
you had some of the best times
  6    -6  7  -7  7  -54  -3  3
you'll nev-er re-mem-ber with me
10 -7  9   10 -7  9
Al-co-hol, Al-co-hol

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