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Oh Whiskey

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Jimi Goodwin plays his acoustic guitar left-handed in open E Tuning
SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR STANDARD TUNING CHORD OPTION
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OPEN 'E' TUNING VERSION with capo (as Jimi Goodwin plays it...)
This is the Open E tuning shown for a right-handed player:
6 5 4 3 2 1
E-B-E-G#-B-E
5th string up to B
4th string up to E
3rd string up to G#
CAPO: 3rd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of G)
Please IGNORE ANY CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS the website
for a particular chord sequence.
Chords named as they will sound with the open tuning and with the capo on:
G= 000000 Am11= 022100 Am= xx2122 A5= 222522
C= 555555 A= 222222 D= 777777 E4= x22022
Gmaj7= 044300 Bm= x44004 Aadd#11= 222422
In the 2nd half of the song, from the 4 bars of A onwards,
Jimi just plays barred A, C, D and G major chords, apart from the coda
where he adds descending and ascending notes to the A chord
[Intro]
||: G/ / C/ Gmaj7/ | Am11/ / / / | G/ / C/ Gmaj7/ | Am11/ / / / :||[x2]
[Harmonica comes in]
||: G/ / C/ Gmaj7/ | Am11/ / / / | G/ / C/ Gmaj7/ | Am11/ / / / :||[x2]
[Verse 1]
GI saw a Cchild with a Gmaj7skipping...Am11. rope,
GI said CI used to Gmaj7be like..Am11. that,
GOne of these days I'm gonna Cgive my - Gmaj7self a Am11real good talking to,
And recover some Gyouth, C...maybe Gmaj7give up the Am11booze,
What have I got to Glose?
[Chorus]
Oh, Cwhiskey, Gmaj7give me Am11patience! GOh, wChiskey, gGmaj7ive me tAm11ruth!
GOh, Cwhiskey, Gmaj7give me Am11empathy, C...just don't give me the blues,
Am11  CPlease, don't give me the Gblues C   Gmaj7| Am11/ / / / |
||: G/ / C/ Gmaj7/ | Am11/ / / / :|| [x3]
[Verse 2]
GSo now I'm Cwearing the Gmaj7railway... Am11suit,
GA spirit re - Ccie - Gmaj7ver that Am11needs to be renewed,
GOh, false frCiend where were Gmaj7you when Am11I--- needed you,
Maybe give up the boGoze, Cre - Gmaj7cover some yAm11outh,
What have I got to lGose?
[Chorus]
GWoh, Cwhiskey, Gmaj7give me Am11patience! GOh, you Cused to Gmaj7bring me Am11truth,
GWoh, you Cused to Gmaj7give me Am11em----pathy!
CHow come you just give me the blues?
Am11  CPlease, don't give me the Gblues C   Gmaj7| Am11/ / / / |
| G/ / C/ Gmaj7/ | Am11  CPlease, don't give me the GblueCs--Gmaj7-------Am11----!
[Bridge]
| G/ / C/ Gmaj7/ | Am11/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Am/ Bm/ C/ Am/E/ |
| A/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
Oh, AArthur Bell and A6Son, I'd Amaj7like a word or A6two,
In re - Amembrance of the A6times you used toAmaj7... waltz me 'round the A6room,
But there's a Dlimit to those Dsus2thoughts, a con - Dtractual clause or Dsus2two,
If it's Dall the same, I'd Dsus2rather not,
I Dthink I've Dsus2learnt my Dlesson Dsus2now with Ayou Asus2   A| A/ / Asus2/ / A|
A(Don't Asus2speak too Asoon!) Asus2| A/ / Asus2/ / |
[Verse 4]
I guess the Dgood times Dsus2have Dall gone,
We've Dsus2gotta Dstop ...think ...shake off the stink,
My Dpatience Dsus2is Ddissolving, Dsus2like Dthe ice Dsus2...Din Dsus2  Dmy AdrinAsus2k
[Verse 5]
| A/ / Asus2/ / | A/ / Asus2/ / | A/ / Asus2/ / | A/ / Asus2/ / |
COo--, Csus2oo---! COo--, Csus2oo---! COo--, Csus2oo---! COo--, Csus2oo---!
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||x2
| G/ / Gsus2/ / | G/ / Gsus2/ / | G/ / Gsus2/ / | G/ / Gsus2/ / |
[Verse 6]
| Aadd#11/ / / A5/ | Aadd#11/ / / A/ | Aadd#11/ / A5/ / | Aadd#11/ / / A/ |
Have you had e - Aadd#11nough-----A5---?Aadd#11  A  
Have you had... e - Aadd#11nough-----A5---?Aadd#11  A  
Have you had too Aadd#11much-------A5-?Aadd#11  A  
I think you've had Aadd#11too much----A5----!Aadd#11  A  
[Coda]
| Aadd#11/ / A5/ / | Aadd#11/ / / A/ | Aadd#11/ / / A5/ | Aadd#11/ / / / | A/ ||
HERE ARE THE CHORDS ADAPTED FOR STANDARD TUNING...
G = 320033 Bm = x24432 G = 32000x
C = x32010 Am/E = xx2210 Gsus2 = 32020x
Gmaj7 = x20032 Asus2 = x02200 Aadd#11 = x0224x
Am11 = x02030 D = xx0232 A5 = x02255
A = x02220 Dsus2 = xx0230 E4 = 022200
Am[ = x02210 Csus2 = x30030
just alternate between an A major to Asus2.
A = x02220 A6 = x02222 Amaj7 = x02224
All chords in this song (18)

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