Drinking Whiskey Tonight chords by Pokey LaFarge

Fast and choppy struming pattern

A            A               E7

Intro:
A                    A G#   G   F#
Me and the boys and my good gal too
B7              E7             A      E7
We’re drinkin’ whiskey tonight
A                                       A    G# G   F#
Go get your buddies and them gals that you said you knew
B7                          E7
We’re drinkin’ whiskey tonight
E7                            C#m
We’ve got the pickin for your party of booze
C#                                 F#m
This town has got something we can use
A                 A  G#  G    F#
When can you live if not this night
B7             E7         A
We’re drinkin’ whiskey tonight

Middle Section:
F#m
He likes his bourbon with a little bit of water
C#m                                    F#m
And she likes it with a little bit of soda
F#m
He likes, she likes, we like when we all drink together
C#m            C#               A      E7
So come on and pass that stuff around

A                                            A7
You can get anything that you want don’t you see
D                               Dm
So come and get it while you’re getting good company
A                                A    G# G  F#
I’ve got a girl on my left and a girl on my right
B7             E7         A
We’re drinking whiskey tonight


A                   A   G#  G   F#
Me and the boys and my good gal too
B7             E7        A       E7
We’re drinkin’ whiskey tonight
A                                      A   G#    G   F#
Go get your buddies and them gals that you said you knew
B7                        E7
We’re drinkin’ whiskey tonight
E7                                     C#m
We’ve got the pickin for your party of booze
C#                                 F#m
This town has got something we can use
A                 A  G#  G    F#
When can you live if not this night
B7            E7         A
We’re drinkin’ whiskey tonight

Instrumental to melody of mid section and verse:
F#m
C#m                                            F#m
F#m
C#m                     C#               A           E7
A
D                                                 Dm
A                                              A  G# G   F#
B7                     E7         A

F#m
He likes his bourbon with a little bit of water
C#m                                   F#m
And she likes it with a little bit of soda
F#m
He likes, she likes, we like when we all drink together
C#m            C#               A           E7
So come on and pass that stuff around

A                                             A7
You can get anything that you want don’t you see
D                                       Dm
So come and get it while you’re getting good company
A                                  A  G# G   F#
I’ve got a girl on my left and a girl on my right
B7             E7      A     A G# G   F#
We’re drinking whiskey tonight
B7             E7      A    A G# G   F#
We’re drinking whiskey tonight
B7             E7      A   A G# G   F#