• Song:

    If Drinking Dont Kill Me

  • Artist:

    George Jones

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This is how i play this song. Think it sounds spot on if you get the hammer ons added 
in. Sounds good without also. Simple uD,uD country strum.
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:Capo 2:
0,2,4 = on 6th(E)string
Riff = hold E shape and hammer on/pull off on 2nd(B)String 3th fret
Riff2= hold A shape and hammer on/pull off on 2nd(B)String 3rd fret
E   022100
A   002220
B7  021200    easy move from E

On long E chord hammer on and off with 2 finger occationaly
listen for it...

E (ring Out)............0,2,4
 The bars are all closed
     A (x02220@1)         EIt's (022100@1)four in the morning

Must have shut'em all down
 	              B7By (x21202@1)the shape that I'm in
 	 EI (022100@1)lay my head 	on the wheel
        A (x02220@1)         EAnd (022100@1)the horn begins honking

The whole neighborhood knows
 	 B7 (x21202@1)   E (022100@1)   Riff
That I'm home drunk again

Chorus:
        0    2   4     A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)And if drinking don't kill me
           B7Her (x21202@1)memory will
 	0    2   4    A (x02220@1)  EI (022100@1)can't hold out much lon..ger
               B7The (x21202@1)way that I feel
 	 0     2    4  A (x02220@1) EWith (022100@1)the blood from my bo..dy
 	             A (x02220@1) (Riff2)
I could start my own still
       0    2   4     A (x02220@1)  EAnd (022100@1)if drinking don't kill me
      B7 (x21202@1)  EHer (022100@1)mem	ory will

A,E B7 E

(No Chords)                        0,2,4
These will old bones they move slow
       A (x02220@1)           EBut (022100@1)so sure of their footsteps
 	                                 B7As (x21202@1)I trip on the floor and lightly touch down
 	  E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)      ELord (022100@1)it's been ten bottles since I tried to forget her
 		             B7 (x21202@1)              E (022100@1)    (riff)
But the memory still lingers lying here on the ground

repeat chorus:
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