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Song: Drink It Like You Mean It
Band: Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
Album: Cabin Fever
Label: New West
Chorded By: ultimatelefty
This ones a really fun one to play and sing to, it's a good boot-stomper.
Capo II
C  G  F  C
VERSE 1:
CIf you’re gonna take that chair and if you’re Fgonna be sittin’ there
CIf you’re gonna stay and keep me compGany
CI ain’t gonna Fbrook no Cdoubt, we Fain’t gonna fool about
You gotta Cdrink it Flike you Cmean it Ghere with Cme
CHORUS:
FDrink it like you mean it, like the Cserious people do
If you’re Gdown and broken hearted and you’ve Fgot good reason Cto
FDrink it like you mean it to the Cbottom of the glass
With reGsolve and strong intention, drink it Fright down Gto the Clast
VERSE 2 ON CABIN FEVER: WITH ELECTRICITY:
CWe ain’t gonna nurse nor sip, we’re gonna Fget some past our lips
CThere ain’t gonna be no trace of iroGny
CWe ain’t gonna Fnudge nor Cwink, nor Fsmirk nor smile nor blink
You gotta Cdrink it Flike you Cmean it Ghere with Cme
BACK TO CHORUS
SOLO CHORDS:   C    G    F    C    C    G    F  C  
BACK TO CHORUS
OUTRO CHORDS:   C    G    F    C    C    G    F   C   G  C  
You could also use this verse as the second verse rather than the one above, and follow the same song
structure afterwards:
VERSE 2 ON CABIN FEVER: WITHOUT ELECTRICITY:
CIt ain’t no holiday’s eve, it ain’t the Fend part of the week
CTonight ain’t nothin’ special as far as I can Gsee
CThe amateurs have Fall gone Chome, it’s just Fthose of us here alone
You gotta Cdrink it Flike you Cmean it Ghere with Cme

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Drink It Like You Mean It

by Corb Lund

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Song: Drink It Like You Mean It

Band: Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans

Album: Cabin Fever

Label: New West

Chorded By: ultimatelefty

This ones a really fun one to play and sing to, it's a good boot-stomper.

Capo II

C G F C

VERSE 1:

C F

If you’re gonna take that chair and if you’re gonna be sittin’ there

C G

If you’re gonna stay and keep me company

C F C F

I ain’t gonna brook no doubt, we ain’t gonna fool about

C F C G C

You gotta drink it like you mean it here with me

CHORUS:

F C

Drink it like you mean it, like the serious people do

G F C

If you’re down and broken hearted and you’ve got good reason to

F C

Drink it like you mean it to the bottom of the glass

G F G C

With resolve and strong intention, drink it right down to the last

VERSE 2 ON CABIN FEVER: WITH ELECTRICITY:

C F

We ain’t gonna nurse nor sip, we’re gonna get some past our lips

C G

There ain’t gonna be no trace of irony

C F C F

We ain’t gonna nudge nor wink, nor smirk nor smile nor blink

C F C G C

You gotta drink it like you mean it here with me

BACK TO CHORUS

C G F C C G F C

SOLO CHORDS:

BACK TO CHORUS

C G F C C G F C G C

OUTRO CHORDS:

You could also use this verse as the second verse rather than the one above, and follow the same song

structure afterwards:

VERSE 2 ON CABIN FEVER: WITHOUT ELECTRICITY:

C F

It ain’t no holiday’s eve, it ain’t the end part of the week

C G

Tonight ain’t nothin’ special as far as I can see

C F C F

The amateurs have all gone home, it’s just those of us here alone

C F C G C

You gotta drink it like you mean it here with me

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