I Gotta Get Drunk Willie Nelson

I Gotta Get Drunk

Willie Nelson

Mark Johnson

85
0:00 2:08
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: D
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
D
 Well I got to get drunk and I sure do dread it
          G
Because I know just what I'm going to do
D              D
 I'll start to spend my money calling everybody honey
         E7
And I'll wind up singing the blues
A              G                 D
 I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
A       D               D/F#          G7   G#dim7
 Well I got to get drunk    and I sure  do dread it
          D         A
Because I know just what I'm going to do

[Verse 2]
D  D
 I got to get drunk, I can't stay sober
          G
There's a lot of good people in town
D            D
 Who like to hear me holler,
see me spend my dollar
      E7
And I wouldn't dream of letting them down
A G
  There's a lot of doctors tell me
                D
That I'd better start slowing it down
A            D              D/F#              G7           G#dim7
 But there's more old drunks    than there are  old doctors
     D                 A                 D
So I guess we'd better have another round

[Verse 3]
           D
Well now I got to get drunk and I sure do dread it
          G
Because I know just what I'm going to do
D              D
 I'll start to spend my money calling everybody honey
         E7
And I'll wind up singing the blues
A              G                 D
 I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
A       D               D/F#          G7   G#dim7
 Well I got to get drunk    and I sure  do dread it
          D         A                   D
Because I know just what I'm going to do

[Lap Steel Solo]
      | D -    | -  -      | G  - |
| D - | D -    | -  -      | E7 - |
| A - | G -    | -  -      | D  - |
| A - | D D/F# | G7 G#dim7 | D  A |

[Verse 4]
D       D
 Well I got to get drunk and I sure do dread it
          G
Because I know just what I'm going to do
D              D
 I'll start to spend my money calling everybody honey
         E7
And I'll wind up singing the blues
A              G                 D
 I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
A       D               D/F#          G7         G#dim7
 Well I got to get drunk    and I sure  do dread it
          D              A
Because I know just what I'm going to do

[Outro]
      | D G | D G | D G |
| D - |

Bars

[Verse 1]
| D - | - -    | -  -      | G  - |
| D - | D -    | -  -      | E7 - |
| A - | G -    | D  -      | -  - |
| A - | D D/F# | G7 G#dim7 | D  A |

Well I got to get drunk and I sure do dread it
Because I know just what I'm going to do
I'll start to spend my money calling everybody honey
And I'll wind up singing the blues
I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
Well I got to get drunk    and I sure  do dread it
Because I know just what I'm going to do

[Verse 2]
| D - | D -    | -  -      | G  - |
| D - | D -    | -  -      | E7 - |
| A - | G -    | -  -      | D  - |
| A - | D D/F# | G7 G#dim7 | D  A |
| D - |

I got to get drunk, I can't stay sober
There's a lot of good people in town
Who like to hear me holler,
see me spend my dollar
And I wouldn't dream of letting them down
There's a lot of doctors tell me
That I'd better start slowing it down
But there's more old drunks    than there are  old doctors
So I guess we'd better have another round

[Verse 3]
      | D -    | -  -      | G  - |
| D - | D -    | -  -      | E7 - |
| A - | G -    | D  -      | -  - |
| A - | D D/F# | G7 G#dim7 | D  A |
| D - |

Well now I got to get drunk and I sure do dread it
Because I know just what I'm going to do
I'll start to spend my money calling everybody honey
And I'll wind up singing the blues
I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
Well I got to get drunk    and I sure  do dread it
Because I know just what I'm going to do

[Lap Steel Solo]
      | D -    | -  -      | G  - |
| D - | D -    | -  -      | E7 - |
| A - | G -    | -  -      | D  - |
| A - | D D/F# | G7 G#dim7 | D  A |

[Verse 4]
| D - | D -    | -  -      | G  - |
| D - | D -    | -  -      | E7 - |
| A - | G -    | D  -      | -  - |
| A - | D D/F# | G7 G#dim7 | D  - |
| A - |

Well I got to get drunk and I sure do dread it
Because I know just what I'm going to do
I'll start to spend my money calling everybody honey
And I'll wind up singing the blues
I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
Well I got to get drunk    and I sure  do dread it
Because I know just what I'm going to do

[Outro]
      | D G | D G | D G |
| D - |

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