Tune your guitar down a full step down from standard (EADGBE) to (DGCFAD)
For my own sanity I'll write the chord shapes as if its still in standard, relative to how the shape
would
be when its being played with no capo. But in reality the chords were transposed -2. Chords in brackets
are optional because in the song it was played by the bass. Strum once for effect.
[Intro Baseline]
G A A A A A B B B B C C C C C C D D E E F F F F F F G G G E
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[Verse 1]
A B C
It can't be said I'm an early bird
D E F
It's ten o'clock before I say a word
F G
Baby, I can never tell
G E
How do you sleep so well?
(You can start strumming here)
G Am
You keep telling me to live right
Bm C
To go to bed before the daylight
F
But then you wake up for the sunrise
C
You know you don't gotta pretend
Bm
Baby, now and then
G Am
Don't you just wanna wake up
Am
Dark as a lake
Bm C
Smelling like a bonfire
C
Lost in a haze?
F
If you're drunk on life, babe
F
I think it's great
G
But while in this world
E7
I think I'll take my whiskey
[Chorus]
Am
Neat
C
My coffee black and my bed at three
F
You're too sweet for me
C
You're too sweet for me
E7 Am
I take my whiskey neat
C
My coffee black and my bed at three
F
You're too sweet for me
C
You're too sweet for me
[Instrumental bassline]
G Am Am Am Bm C C C F F F C C Bm
[Verse 2]
Am
I aim low
Bm C
I aim true, and the ground's where I go
F
I work late where I'm free from the phone
C
And the job gets done
Bm
But you worry some, I know
Am
But who wants to live forever, babe
Bm C
You treat your mouth as if it's Heaven's gate
F
The rest of you like you're the TSA
C
I wish that I could go along
Bm
Babe, don't get me wrong
G Am
You know you're bright as the morning
Am
As soft as the rain
Bm C
Pretty as a vine
C
As sweet as a grape
F
If you can sit in a barrel
F
Maybe I'll wait
G
Until that day
E7
I'd rather take my whiskey
[Chorus]
Am
Neat
C
My coffee black and my bed at three
F
You're too sweet for me
C
You're too sweet for me
E7 Am
I take my whiskey neat
C
My coffee black and my bed at three
F
You're too sweet for me
C
You're too sweet for me
Am
Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh
Bm C
Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh
E F
Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh oh
C Bm
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Am
Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh
Bm C
Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh
E F
Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh oh
C
Oh-oh-oh-oh
E7 Am
I take my whiskey neat
C
My coffee black and my bed at three
F
You're too sweet for me
C E7
You're too sweet for me