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What Good Can Drinkin Do

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[Verse 1]
BWhat good can drinkin' do? What good can drinkin' do?
BUh when I drink all nF#ight, but the next day I still feel bBlue. 
BThere's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain.
BWell, there's a gElass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pBain.                         
Oh when I dF#rink it down, but the next day I still feel the sBame.
[Chorus 1]
BGive me whiskey, uh give me bourbon, give me gin.
Oh, give me wEhiskey, give me bourbon, give me gBin.
It don't F#matter what I'm drinkin' as long as it drowns the sorrow I'm Bin.
BNow, my man he left me, child an he left me here.
Um, my Eman he left me, child he left me Bhere.
When I'm F#feelin' low down, just gimme another drink of Bbeer.
[Verse 2]
BWhen I start drinkin' Friday, start drinkin' Friday night.
Oh, I Estart drinkin' Friday, start drinking Friday Bnight.
But, then I F#wake up on Sunday, child, ain't nothin' that's rBight.
BWhat good can drinkin' do? What good can drinkin' do?
BWell, I F#drink all night, But the next day I still feel Bblue.

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What Good Can Drinkin Do

by Janis Joplin

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[Verse 1]

What good can drinkin' do? What good can drinkin' do?

B F# B

Uh when I drink all night, but the next day I still feel blue.

There's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain.

B E B

Well, there's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain.

F# B

Oh when I drink it down, but the next day I still feel the same.

[Chorus 1]

Give me whiskey, uh give me bourbon, give me gin.

E B

Oh, give me whiskey, give me bourbon, give me gin.

F# B

It don't matter what I'm drinkin' as long as it drowns the sorrow I'm in.

Now, my man he left me, child an he left me here.

E B

Um, my man he left me, child he left me here.

F# B

When I'm feelin' low down, just gimme another drink of beer.

[Verse 2]

When I start drinkin' Friday, start drinkin' Friday night.

E B

Oh, I start drinkin' Friday, start drinking Friday night.

F# B

But, then I wake up on Sunday, child, ain't nothin' that's right.

What good can drinkin' do? What good can drinkin' do?

B F# B

Well, I drink all night, But the next day I still feel blue.

About What Good Can Drinkin Do Chords by Janis Joplin

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