Barstool chords by Gary Jules

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
1,2,3,4,5,6

G Am G Am G Bm Em C

Verse 1:
G            Am
Old Man on a Bar Stool
G        Am
Watching tv
   G               Bm          Em        C
He got up and came over to sit closer to me
        G        Am
He said you look familiar
   G         Am
To someone I knew
    G            Bm               Em         C
But when we were your age we were older than you
G         Am
Jimmy was 20
    G     Am
And I 17
   G            Bm          Em        C
To us there was nothing but girls and machines
G         Am
Jimmy got married
    G         Am
And I went to war
G                Bm           Em       C
I still don't know what we were doing it for

Bridge:
              Em       C
And if you'll buy me a drink
  Em         C
A turkey on ice
     G            F        C       D
Then I could give you some advice

Chorus:
         G    Am     C    D
You just stay in the bar
       G    Am     C     D
For as long as you can
        Em           Em/F#
Cos' as long as your drinking
     D              D/C#            C   Am D
Then you've got the world in your hand

Instrumental:
G Am G Am G Bm Em C

Verse 2:
        G           Am
There's no shame in hanging
    G          Am
The world by a string
    G               Bm          Em         C

You know there's no harm in not thinking a thing
G                Am            G            Am
Trying to find a place for yourself in this world
        G                Bm         Em       C
Is like trying to make a wife of an American girl

Bridge:
              Em         C
And if you'll trade me a drink
      Em       C
For a story or two
      G               F           C   D
Then you'll know what you need to do

Chorus:
         G    Am     C     D
You just stay in the Bar
       G    Am     C       D
For as long as you can
   Em          Em/F#
No love is for sissy's
     D          D/C#       C    Am D
It's wisky that makes you a man

Interlude:
 G Am G Am G Bm Em C

Verse 3:
        G           Am
Now the old man got up
         G          Am
Stumbled out in the street
     G            Bm            Em          C
Been drinking all day left his Bar tab with me
  G               Am
I didn't have the money
   G         Am
To cover his bill
     G          Bm              Em         C
Oh I found me a man looked like me younger still 'n' I said

Bridge:
Em       C
Buy me a drink
          Em        C
And I'll tell you a tale
          G           F            C    D
About the old man who taught me so well

Chorus:
N.C.
Who said
G    Am     C    D
Stay in the Bar
       G    Am     C    D
For as long as you can
       Em          Em/F#        D           D/C#           C
Well I know your a friend I can tell by the shakes in your hand

You just
G    Am     C       D
Stay in the Bar
       G    Am     C      D
   Em          Em/F#
As long as you tipping
      D           D/C#        C
Then you've got a good friend somewhere