• Song:

    When I Drink

  • Artist:

    The Avett Brothers

  • Album:

    The Gleam

Artist: The Avett Brothers
Song: When I Drink
Album: The Gleam EP

Capo Two

Verse 1:

   C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)
When I drink,   I say things I don't wanna say
F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1)  AmI (x02210@1)do things i don't  wanna do
F (133211@1)            GI (320003@1)talk mean to you.
C (x32010@1)       Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)                 Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)
But if I think,   I just might get something out of this
F (133211@1)                     G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) AmMy (x02210@1)parents taught me to learn  when i miss  
F (133211@1)          GJust (320003@1)do your best.
Am (x02210@1)         CJust (x32010@1)do your best.


Chorus:

  Em (022000@1)                         FIt's (133211@1)the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Am (x02210@1)                     GMaybe (320003@1)I don't have to be good but I can try to be
   F (133211@1)                            Gat (320003@1)least a little better than I've been so far.


Verse 2:

C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)                  G (320003@1)             Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)But when I drink,   I hear things that aren't really there
F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1) Am (x02210@1)I feel things when i shouldn't  really care
     F (133211@1)                  GHave (320003@1)fist fights with the air.
C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)       Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)But if I think,   about someone besides myself
F (133211@1)                   G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) AmI (x02210@1)lived through the silver and the bell
F (133211@1)              GWith (320003@1)something to tell
Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)Just do your best


Chorus:

  Em (022000@1)                         FIt's (133211@1)the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Am (x02210@1)                     GMaybe (320003@1)I don't have to be good but I can try to be
   F (133211@1)                            Gat (320003@1)least a little better than I've been so far.


Verse 3:

C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)   
 But when I drink,   I spend the next morning in a haze
F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) Am (x02210@1) 
But we only get so many days
F (133211@1)            GNow (320003@1)I have one less
Am (x02210@1)        CJust (x32010@1)do your best.


Chorus:

  Em (022000@1)                         FIt's (133211@1)the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Am (x02210@1)                     GMaybe (320003@1)I don't have to be good but I can try to be
   F (133211@1)                            Gat (320003@1)least a little better than I've been so far.
      F (133211@1)                             G (320003@1)             COh, (x32010@1)at least a little better than I've been so far.

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