Biography:
Todd Daniel Snider is a singer-songwriter born October 11, 1966 in Portland, Oregon.
Best known for his wry humor, Snider has been a fixture on the Americana, alt-country, and folk scene since his debut on MCA, entitled Songs for the Daily Planet, named for the bar where Snider used to play regularly in Memphis. On that album were the minor hits "Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues", a folk song about the early '90's grunge scene, featuring a band that "refused to play"
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Other songs:
- Beer Run
- A Stones Throw Away
- All Of My Life
- All Right Guy
- Alright Guy
- Back To The Crossroads
- Ballad Of Devils Backbone Tavern
- Ballad Of The Devils Backbone Tavern
- Brenda
- Bring Em Home
- Broke
- Cheatam Street Warehouse
- Close Enough To You
- Conservative Christian Right Wing Republican Straight White American Males
- Crooked Piece Of Time
- Db Cooper
- Doublewide Blues
- Drink Any Woman Pretty
- East Nashville Skyline
- Easy Money
- Enjoy Yourself
- Enough
- Happy New Year
- Happy To Be Here
- Hey Hey
- Horseshoe Lake
- I Can Drink Any Woman Pretty
- I Cant Complain
- I Spoke As A Child
- Iron Mikes Main Mans Last Request
- Just In Case
- Just Like Old Times
- Keep Off The Grass
- Like A Force Of Nature
- Lonely Girl
- Long Year
- Looking For A Job
- Missing You
- Money Compliments And Publicity
- Moondawgs Tavern
- My Generation Part 2
- Once He Finds Us
- Out All Night
- Play A Train Song
- Positively Negative
- Prison Walls
- Ragged Old Truck
- Rose City
- Sideshow Blues
- Sometimes I Wonder
- Statisticians Blues
- Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues
- Tension
- That Was Me
- The Ballad Of The Kingsmen
- The Devil You Know
- This Land Is Our Land
- Tillamook County Jail
- Vinyl Records
- Waco Moon
- Whats Wrong With You
- You Think You Know Somebody
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Standard Tuning
Capo 2nd Fret
[Verse]
G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
all we need is a ten and five-er,
C
A car and key and a sober driver.
G D G C G G C G G C G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
A couple of frat guys from Abilene
D
drove out all night to see Robert Earl Keen
E
at the K-PIG Swine and Soire Dance.
C
They wore baseball caps and khaki pants.
G
They wanted cigarettes,
D
so to save a little money
G
They bummed one off this hippie
C
That smelled kinda funny.
G
And next thing they knew they were
D
both pretty hungry and
A D
pretty thirsty too
[Chorus]
G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
all we need is a ten and five-er,
C
A car and key and a sober driver.
G D G C G G C G G C G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
[Verse]
G
They found a store with a sign that said their beer was coldest.
D
So they sent in Brad 'cause he looked the oldest.
E
He got a case of beer and a candy bar,
C
walked over to where all the registers are
G
laid his fake I.D. on the
D
counter top.
G
The clerk looked, and turned to
C
look back up and stopped.
G
He said "Son, I ain't gonna call the
D
cops, but I'm gonna have to keep this card"
A D
the guys both took it pretty hard.
[Chorus]
G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D
B-double E double R U-N beer ru-un
G
oh how happy we would be
C
had we only brought a better fake I.D.
G D G C G G C G G C G
B-double E double R U-N-beer run
[Verse]
G
They met another old hippie named Sleepy John,
D
claimed to be the one from the Robert Earl song.
E
So they gave him all their cash, he bought them some brews.
C
Was a beautiful day out in Santa Cruz
G
They were feelin' so good it
D
Should of been a crime.
G
The crowd was cool,
C
and the band was prime.
G
They made it back up front to their seats
D
Just in time to they could sing with all their friends
A
"the road goes on forever and the
D
party never ends".
[Chorus]
G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
all we need is a ten and five-er,
C
A car and key and a sober driver.
G D G C G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D G C G G C G G C G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
Capo 2nd Fret
[Verse]
G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
all we need is a ten and five-er,
C
A car and key and a sober driver.
G D G C G G C G G C G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
A couple of frat guys from Abilene
D
drove out all night to see Robert Earl Keen
E
at the K-PIG Swine and Soire Dance.
C
They wore baseball caps and khaki pants.
G
They wanted cigarettes,
D
so to save a little money
G
They bummed one off this hippie
C
That smelled kinda funny.
G
And next thing they knew they were
D
both pretty hungry and
A D
pretty thirsty too
[Chorus]
G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
all we need is a ten and five-er,
C
A car and key and a sober driver.
G D G C G G C G G C G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
[Verse]
G
They found a store with a sign that said their beer was coldest.
D
So they sent in Brad 'cause he looked the oldest.
E
He got a case of beer and a candy bar,
C
walked over to where all the registers are
G
laid his fake I.D. on the
D
counter top.
G
The clerk looked, and turned to
C
look back up and stopped.
G
He said "Son, I ain't gonna call the
D
cops, but I'm gonna have to keep this card"
A D
the guys both took it pretty hard.
[Chorus]
G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D
B-double E double R U-N beer ru-un
G
oh how happy we would be
C
had we only brought a better fake I.D.
G D G C G G C G G C G
B-double E double R U-N-beer run
[Verse]
G
They met another old hippie named Sleepy John,
D
claimed to be the one from the Robert Earl song.
E
So they gave him all their cash, he bought them some brews.
C
Was a beautiful day out in Santa Cruz
G
They were feelin' so good it
D
Should of been a crime.
G
The crowd was cool,
C
and the band was prime.
G
They made it back up front to their seats
D
Just in time to they could sing with all their friends
A
"the road goes on forever and the
D
party never ends".
[Chorus]
G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
all we need is a ten and five-er,
C
A car and key and a sober driver.
G D G C G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G D G C G G C G G C G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
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