Drinking About My Baby chords by The Damned

August 27th, 2014

"Drinking About My Baby" by The Damned, from The Black Album (1980)

Chords by Aaron Kavanagh (aaronkavoucas@gmail.com)

INTRO:
B, A, B, A, B, A, D

(Repeat twice)

VERSE 1:

B     A         B        A
I was yours and you were mine

B       A        D
We were together all the time

B      A       B     A
We had sun and happy days

B      A           D
Living together in our lazy ways

PRE-CHORUS:

I normally improvise this part, but here's a way to do it:

E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G - - 2 3 2 3 5 6 5 6 8 9 8 9 12 12 12 12 12-
D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

CHORUS:

B    A            B   A
Drinking about my baby

B        A         D
Drinking about her all the time

(Repeat twice)

VERSE 2:

B        A        B   A
I was so happy to see you

B         A         D
You're so clever to find

B       A       B     A
I don't want to leave you

B         A       D
You're my special someone

(REPEAT PRE-CHORUS)

(REPEAT CHORUS)

BRIDGE:

You can do the bridge like this: E, E, E, E, E, E, D
                                 E, E, E, E, E, E, Dm
(Repeat twice)

SOLO:
During the solo you can play B, A, B, A, B, A, D twice.

Alternatively, if you want to play the solo, you can just free style it. Just go nuts,
like Captain Sensible would!

VERSE 3:

B     A        B       A
I can see just where I am

B            A      D
Sitting in a lonely bar

B       A        B          A
One arm bandits, friends of yours

B           A         D
Keep asking where you are

(REPEAT PRE-CHORUS)

OUTRO:

B   A         B   A         B   A     Dsus
Drinkin', and drinkin', and drinkin', woah-oh!