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Drink Up And Go Home

Carl Perkins

Written by Johnny Bond and Joe Maphis

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V

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Verse 1

G
You sat there a crying  crying in your beer
G7              C                          D7
You say you got troubles  my friend listen here
G                  C                            G
Don't tell me your troubles  I got enough of my own
                   C       D7              G
Be thankful you're living  drink up and go home

Verse 2

                 C                        G
I'm fresh out of prison  six years in the can
                 A7                     D7
Lost my wife and family  no one to call friend
G                  C                            G
Don't tell me your troubles  I got enough of my own
                   C       D7              G
Be thankful you're living  drink up and go home

Verse 3

Now there stands a blind man a man that can't see
G7           C                              D7
Yet he's not complaining  why should you or me
G                  C                            G
Don't tell me your troubles  I got enough of my own
                   C       D7              G
Be thankful you're living  drink up and go home

Verse 2

                 C                        G
I'm fresh out of prison  six years in the can
                 A7                     D7
Lost my wife and family  no one to call friend
G                  C                            G
Don't tell me your troubles  I got enough of my own
                   C       D7              G
Be thankful you're living  drink up and go home

Verse 2

                 C                        G
I'm fresh out of prison  six years in the can
                 A7                     D7
Lost my wife and family  no one to call friend
G                  C                            G
Don't tell me your troubles  I got enough of my own
                   C       D7              G
Be thankful you're living  drink up and go home