Barenaked Ladies – Alcohol (Ukulele)

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T1: Matt Rusteika, [email protected], Barenaked Ladies, Alchohol, 01/09/99 S1: I've seen a lot of people request this one all over the place, and it's already in the archive, but it's way off so I had to set things During the verses and intro the B7, D7, and A7 are all bar chords., INTRO B7, D7, A7, A7-Bb7-B7, D7, A7 VERSE ONE
  B7 D7 A7 A7-Bb7 
  Alchohol, my permanent accessory 

  B7 D7 A7 A7-Bb7 
  Alchohol, a party time necessity 

  B7 D7 A7 F#m7 
  Alchohol, alternative to feeling like yourself 

  D E A, E, A, E, 
  Oh, alchohol, I still drink to your health 
CHORUS
  A E F#m7 A7-Bb7-B7 D A E 
  I love you more than I did the week before I discovered alchohol 
VERSE TWO
  B7 D7 A7 A7-Bb7 
  Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea 

  B7 D7 A7 A7-Bb7 
  A Malibu and Coke for you, a G. and T. for me 

  B7 D7 A7 F#m7 
  Alchohol, your songs resolve like my life never will 

  D E A, E, A, E 
  When someone else is picking up the bill 
CHORUS (as above)
  F#m7 D E F#m7 
  Oh, alchohol, would you please forgive me? 

  D E F#m7 D E A, E 
  For while I cannot love myself, I'll use something else 
BRIDGE
  A A/G# A/G D/F# D A 
  I thought that alchohol was just for those with nothing else to do 

  A A/G# A/G Dm/F A 
  I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze 

  A/G# A/G Dm/F A 
  But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can choose

  A/G# A/G D E 
  To walk the fine line between self control and self abuse 
[During piano solo play intro] CHORUS (as above)
  E F#m7 B7 D7 
  Would you please ignore that you found me on the floor 

  A E 
  trying on your camisole? 

  F#m7 D E F#m7 D E F#m7 
  Oh, alchohol, would you please forgive me, for while I cannot love myself

  D E A9 
  I'll use something else 
OUTRO A9, Em7 (x4 and end on A9) B1: Submit