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Drank Like A River

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Based on the entire song and aligned with the song chart for the "Faithless
Street" LP version so the timing and chords are set. The strum pattern for Chorus
is slightly different than the Verse and the Refrain so listen carefully to for
the variations. Also, it's a two guitar song. This is the main, driving rhythm.
Great fun to play and to sing.
Drank Like a River
Whiskeytown
INTRO
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
VERSE 1
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He was nearly died, when he returned to the town where he'd come from
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He's brown baggin' it tonight, behind some tavern
[A] [A] [G] [D]
Somebody wrecked his life, and I bet you it was his darlin’
[A] [A] [G] [D]
Somebody wrecked his life, and I bet you it was his darlin'
CHORUS
[D] [A] [G]
So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang
[D] [A] [G]
Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang
[D] [A] [G]
Died in the gutter on his feet and his hands
[D] [A] [D]
Same hands that once touched her face
REFRAIN, same as intro
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
VERSE 2
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He was nearly died, when he returned to the town he'd come from
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He's hanging out drinking beer with his brother in-law
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He was a drinker at night and in the morning he was unnerving
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He was a drinker both times of day that he lost his darlin'
CHORUS
[D] [A] [G]
So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang
[D] [A] [G]
Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang
[D] [A] [G]
Died in the gutter on his feet and his hands
[D] [A] [D]
Same hands that once touched her face
REFRAIN/SOLO
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
CHORUS
[D] [A] [G]
So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang
[D] [A] [G]
Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang
[D] [A] [G]
Died in the gutter on his feet and his hands
[D] [A] [D]
Same hands that once touched her face
OUTRO
[A] [A] [G] [D]
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