{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":803738,"song":"A Lot To Drink About","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/803738-a-lot-to-drink-about-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/803738?type=chord","rating":4.79518,"votes":22,"content":"A Lot to Drink About\r\nWords and Music by:\r\nJimmy Buffett, Will Kimbrough, and Mac McAnally\r\n\r\nFrom the album: Buffet Hotel\r\nNote: Lyrics in the intro are spoken over the chords.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] x12\r\nHey, have you noticed that the world has changed?[/tab]\r\nThat the news is all bad?\r\nWell, I think it's time for a song about that\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nUp on the east side of Manhattan,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey’re still dancing with the stars.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile over in sub prime city,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt’s getting ugly in the local bars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWatching the news only gives me the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere’s too much going wrong.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt takes the likes of me to hit the reboot key[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand write a high speed drinking song.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nMillionaires losing everything.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHey, welcome to the other side of life![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere goes the yacht, there goes the Rolls,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you get to keep your wife![/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd don’t forget the automakers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nswimming up stream like a trout.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey let the shit hit the fan[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand then they made a plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’ve got a lot to drink about.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere's the price of oil,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe war of the spoils.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHere's your bucket for the big bailout?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’ve got a lot to drink about.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nNow Madoff made off with all the money.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd his clients are down to skunk weed.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRepeat after me, it’s so easy to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe’re only talking simple greed.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd those Somalian pirates are counting all their gold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G/B[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile Bush and Cheney ain’t around[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand all the good lookers seem to be Russian hookers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfrom Key West to London town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith the price of oil,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe war of the spoils.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHere's your bucket for the big bailout?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’ve got a lot to drink about.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo pour me some Tennessee whiskey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\npour me a fine Jamaican rum.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat loud mouth soup[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCan get ya kind of looped[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTequila, of course I’ll have some![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nNow the family devalues[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand little children plan their net worth[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand the truth wherever it’s hiding,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncan't be found on Google Earth.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCitibank’s buying jets with our money.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wanna flog ‘em with a buggy whip.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet's hope Barrack and Joe won’t let the volcano blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand patch the hole in our sinking ship.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere's the price of oil,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nwar of the spoils.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHere's your bucket for the big bailout?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’ve got a lot to drink about.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nRecession, aggression, the depression, good God[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCNN keeps bumming me out.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I can’t take another doomsday minute.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe got a lot to drink, a lot to think,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\na lot to drink about.[/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nGod Bless America!","plain_text":"A Lot to Drink About\nWords and Music by:\nJimmy Buffett, Will Kimbrough, and Mac McAnally\n\nFrom the album: Buffet Hotel\nNote: Lyrics in the intro are spoken over the chords.\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nThat the news is all bad?\nWell, I think it's time for a song about that\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nF    C    G    C\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nGod Bless America!","chords":["A","C","C7","F","G","G/B","Am","Bb","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}