Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You by John Prine, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You

by John Prine

Biography:

John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois-died April 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.

The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area.

Read more on Last.fm

Other songs:

Share this tab

Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

Alternatives for this artist

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You - John Prine
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

Artist: John Prine
Album: Diamonds in the Rough
Year: 1972

Intro:
E A

A
Oh I get drunk most every night
D
Seems like all we do is fight
A
The more I drink
E
The less I feel blue
A
Sometimes I feel like an awful fool
D
Spendin' my life on an old bar stool
A E A
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

Break:
E D
E A

A
If this date were to be our last
D
I'd never sit down this glass
A
It'd take all the booze in the world
E
To forget you
A
You've left my heart a vacant lot
D
I'll fill it with another shot
A E A
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

Break:
E D
E A

A
Looks like I had my fill
D
Guess I better pay my bill
A E
When I started out I only meant to have a few
A
Someone just said that you left town
D
I better get a double round
A E A
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you
A E A
Yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

Cords
A D E
e|--0--|--2--|--0--|
B|--2--|--3--|--0--|
G|--2--|--2--|--1--|
D|--2--|--0--|--2--|
A|--0--|-----|--2--|
E|-----|-----|--0--|