7 Bottles

Ben Howard

PopMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Verse 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
        Am   Em6/B 
And I'm weary 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
        Am           Em6/B 
And I'm tired and a long way from home 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
        Am     Em6/B 
And I'm lonely out on the roads 
 
Interlude 
C         Am           Em6/B 
 
Verse 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
        Am           Em6/B 
That I think I had 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
         Am       Em6/B 
And I'm trying to hide the shame 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
         Am        Em6/B 
Makes me weary now stumble towards everything 
 
C 
 
     C     Em6/B Am   Em6/B C 
This world ain't mine to be home 
    C     Em6/B Am    Em6/B   C 
The stars are shining far too old 
C 
For me to understand 
 
Verse 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
        Am   Em6/B 
And I'm weary 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
        Am           Em6/B 
And I'm tired and a long way from home 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
        Am     Em6/B 
And I'm lonely out on the roads 
 
Interlude 
C         Am           Em6/B 
 
Verse 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
        Am           Em6/B 
That I think I had 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
         Am       Em6/B 
And I'm trying to hide the shame 
C 
Seven bottles, seven bottles 
         Am        Em6/B 
Makes me weary now stumble towards everything 
 
C 
 
     C     Em6/B Am   Em6/B C 
This world ain't mine to be home 
    C     Em6/B Am    Em6/B   C 
The stars are shining far too old 
C                F2 
For me to understand 
 
Outro 
C    Am    Em6/B 
C    Am    Em6/B 
C    Am    Em6/B 
C    Am    Em6/B

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Chord set

C · Am · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.