By Rush Olson, Kevin Rothstein, Dean Pauley

Verse :

D) I’d like to sit here and (A) tell you how she left me that night

D) Explain the pain and (C) let you say every(G)thing’s gonna be all (A)

right

D) So I appreciate the offer

G) of a friendly ear or two

D) But to tell you the truth

A) I got drinkin’ to (D) do

D) It’s a fine fine story of a (A) sweet, sweet love gone wrong

D) It’s pretty and (C) sad, it’d (G) make a great country (A) song

D) I can’t do it justice now

G) It ain’t nothin’ against you

D) But to tell you the truth

A) I got drinkin’ to (D) do

Chorus :

D) I got drinkin’ to (G) do . . .

D) My time for conversation ran out

D) when (C) she said we were (A) through

G) I know I can’t forget her

D) by pourin’ out my heart

E) So I’ll just pour beers one at a time

A) from this pitcher here on the bar

(instrumental over chorus progression)

Bridge :

A) I’d drain my (G) soul, ‘cept I’m gonna drain this (D) glass

G) An amber river to (D) wash her into the past

C) I ain’t got her no more (D) it’s true

A) At least I got drinkin’ to (D) do

Chorus :

D) I got drinkin’ to (G) do . . .

D) My time for conversation ran out

D) when (C) she said we were (A) through

G) I know I can’t forget her

D) by pourin’ out my heart

E) So I’ll just pour beers one at a time

A) from this pitcher here on the bar

Verse :

D) I could talk about the weather, (A) We could maybe share a joke

D) But that won’t help my (C) memory fail or (G) fix my love that’s (A)

broke

D) It seems like I could use a friend

G) to spill my troubles to

D) But to tell you the truth

A) I got drinkin’ to (D) do

Chorus (x2) :

D) I got drinkin’ to (G) do . . .

D) My time for conversation ran out

D) when (C) she said we were (A) through

G) I know I can’t forget her

D) by pourin’ out my heart

E) So I’ll just pour beers one at a time

A) from this pitcher here on the bar