Misery And Gin Acoustic chords by Merle Haggard

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
        FF
Memories and drinks don't mix too well.
FF           F7F7         Bb majorBb   G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Jukebox records don't play those wedding bells.


C majorC
Lookin' at the world through the bottom of a glass,

C majorC       C7C7         FF
All I see is a man who's fading fast.
FF
Tonight I need that woman again.
FF           F7F7        Bb majorBb
What I'd give for my baby to just walk in.
C majorC
Sit down beside me and say: "It's alright.
C majorC            C7C7         FF
"Take me home and make sweet love to me tonight."

Chorus:
FF        F7F7     Bb majorBb     G minorGm
But here I am again, mixin' misery and gin.
       Gm7Gm7        C majorC      FF
Sittin' with all my friends and talkin' to myself.
Bb majorBb            A7A7        DmDm Dm/C   Bb majorBb
I look like I'm havin' a good time but any fooool can tell,
FF           FF           Bb majorBb C majorC     FF
That this Honky Tonk Heaven really makes ya'feeeel like hell.

Verse 2:

FF
I light a lonely woman's cigarette,
FF              F7F7        Bb majorBb   G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
We both start talkin' 'bout what we want to forget.
C majorC
Her life story and mine are the same.
C majorC               C7C7            FF
We both lost someone and only have ourselves to blame.


Chorus:
FF        F7F7     Bb majorBb     G minorGm
But here I am again, mixin' misery and gin.
       Gm7Gm7        C majorC      FF
Sittin' with all my friends and talkin' to myself.
Bb majorBb            A7A7        DmDm Dm/C   Bb majorBb
I look like I'm havin' a good time but any fooool can tell,
FF           FF           Bb majorBb C majorC     FF
That this Honky Tonk Heaven really makes ya'feeeel like hell.

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