Better When I Drink chords by Matt Lang

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

G  C  D  C

Verse:
G
Ever since she left me
         C
Threw my stuff out on the street
     D
Been Hangin' round and closin' down
     C
This bar five nights a week
      G
But I know what Dr. Phil would say
  C
About self medication
    D
But I'm half lit, and he don't know shit
C

About my situation

Chorus:
     G
It's better when I drink
C
Worser when I don't
        D
Yeah it hurts a little less, the drunker I get
    C                 Bb
Til it's time, to go home
G
Whiskey helps to numb the pain
   C
So I don't have to think
    D      C            G      C  D  C
Yeah, it's better when I drink

Verse:
G
If you didn't know me
          C
You might think I'm on a roll
       D
Havin' one hell of a good time
        C
And not stuck here in this hole
    G
She probably thinks I'm wallowing
C
Around in my self pity
      D
But lucky for me there's one or three
C
Bars in this here city

Chorus:
     G
It's better when I drink
C
Worser when I don't
        D
Yeah it hurts a little less, the drunker I get
    C                 Bb
Til it's time, to go home
G
Whiskey helps to numb the pain
   C
So I don't have to think
    D      C            G
Yeah, it's better when I drink

Solo:

G    C    D    C    G    C    D  C

Chorus:
     G
It's better when I drink
C
Worser when I don't
        D
Yeah it hurts a little less, the drunker I get
    C                 Bb
Til it's time, to go home
G
Whiskey helps to numb the pain
   C
So I don't have to think
    D      C          G
Yeah, it's better when I drink
C
Worser when I don't
        D
Yeah it hurts a little less, the drunker I get
    C                 Bb
Til it's time, to go home
G
Whiskey helps to numb the pain
   C
So I don't have to think
    D      C          G
Yeah, it's better when I drink

Outro:
C
Come on girl
   D
Oh yeah
C                      G       C
Mmmm, it's better when I drink
                 D       C  G
It's better when I drink