Intro: F# G F# G (Why do I have to stay here?)
Verse intro: F# Bm F# Bm
[F#]Down came [Bm]Bill Jock[F#]o[Bm]
From[F#] the hear[Bm]t of Hootervi[F#]lle[Bm]
Take [F#]down your [Bm]Christmas tre[F#]e[Bm]
But I k[F#]now that [Bm]you never wil[F#]l[Bm]
Riding [F#]lover was his [Bm]lady,[F#][Bm]
And sh[F#]e did not k[Bm]now his min[F#]d[Bm]
When [F#]Billy to[Bm]ok the Da[F#]tsun
To [Bm]the top[F#] for the l[Bm]ast time[F#]
An[Bm]d that's whe[F#]n they were
Bridge:
[F]Drunk o[G]n wi[F]ne coo[G]lers
[F]That t[G]hey stol[F]e from [G]her moth[F#]er[F#][F#F#]
[F]Drunk o[G]n the [F]Summer[G]
[F]And d[G]runk [F]on [G]each oth[F#]er[F#][F#F#]
Verse 2:
You better take a [F#]right at the g[Bm]raveya[F#]rd[Bm]
And a [F#]left over[Bm] at the g[F#]hetto[Bm]
Climb u[F#]p to where it'[Bm]s dar[F#]k[Bm]
And go[F#]nna take all [Bm]of our clot[F#]hes off[Bm]
[F#]Lucinda had [Bm]her hea[F#]d down,[Bm]
[F#]Braiding her h[Bm]air so she[F#] could no[Bm]t see,
Th[F#]at Will[Bm]iam had hi[F#]s eyes c[Bm]losed,
H[F#]eadin' str[Bm]aight for [F#]a tr[Bm]ee,
And t[F#]hat's when they were
Bridge:
[F]Drunk on[G] win[F]e coo[G]lers
[F]That t[G]hey s[F]tole fro[G]m her mo[F#]ther[F#][F#F#]
[F]Drunk on[G] the [F]Summe[G]r
[F]And d[G]runk o[F]n e[G]ach othe[F#]r[F#][F#F#]
[F#]One, or two, or three hundred feet down to the ground
[F#]Let's do it now when there ain't no p[G]ark ranger hangin' 'round
Repeat Verse and Bridge
Outro: F# G F# G
Note: Just get the rhythm down for the F# and Bm verse changes and you'll figure it out.
The verse chords are easy, but you can play an even easier alt voicing Mulcahy uses.
Instead of
barre chords, he uses F# x2344x and Bm 2344xx. It sounds more like the album version and
it's pretty easy to
shift back and forth.
Everything else is barre chords however (the intro, bridge, outro etc).
Verse intro: F# Bm F# Bm
[F#]Down came [Bm]Bill Jock[F#]o[Bm]
From[F#] the hear[Bm]t of Hootervi[F#]lle[Bm]
Take [F#]down your [Bm]Christmas tre[F#]e[Bm]
But I k[F#]now that [Bm]you never wil[F#]l[Bm]
Riding [F#]lover was his [Bm]lady,[F#][Bm]
And sh[F#]e did not k[Bm]now his min[F#]d[Bm]
When [F#]Billy to[Bm]ok the Da[F#]tsun
To [Bm]the top[F#] for the l[Bm]ast time[F#]
An[Bm]d that's whe[F#]n they were
Bridge:
[F]Drunk o[G]n wi[F]ne coo[G]lers
[F]That t[G]hey stol[F]e from [G]her moth[F#]er[F#][F#F#]
[F]Drunk o[G]n the [F]Summer[G]
[F]And d[G]runk [F]on [G]each oth[F#]er[F#][F#F#]
Verse 2:
You better take a [F#]right at the g[Bm]raveya[F#]rd[Bm]
And a [F#]left over[Bm] at the g[F#]hetto[Bm]
Climb u[F#]p to where it'[Bm]s dar[F#]k[Bm]
And go[F#]nna take all [Bm]of our clot[F#]hes off[Bm]
[F#]Lucinda had [Bm]her hea[F#]d down,[Bm]
[F#]Braiding her h[Bm]air so she[F#] could no[Bm]t see,
Th[F#]at Will[Bm]iam had hi[F#]s eyes c[Bm]losed,
H[F#]eadin' str[Bm]aight for [F#]a tr[Bm]ee,
And t[F#]hat's when they were
Bridge:
[F]Drunk on[G] win[F]e coo[G]lers
[F]That t[G]hey s[F]tole fro[G]m her mo[F#]ther[F#][F#F#]
[F]Drunk on[G] the [F]Summe[G]r
[F]And d[G]runk o[F]n e[G]ach othe[F#]r[F#][F#F#]
[F#]One, or two, or three hundred feet down to the ground
[F#]Let's do it now when there ain't no p[G]ark ranger hangin' 'round
Repeat Verse and Bridge
Outro: F# G F# G
Note: Just get the rhythm down for the F# and Bm verse changes and you'll figure it out.
The verse chords are easy, but you can play an even easier alt voicing Mulcahy uses.
Instead of
barre chords, he uses F# x2344x and Bm 2344xx. It sounds more like the album version and
it's pretty easy to
shift back and forth.
Everything else is barre chords however (the intro, bridge, outro etc).