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Alcohol

Barenaked Ladies

RockAdvanced for beginners14 chords

How to play it

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

B7Diagram coming soon
D7××
A7×
Bb7Diagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
D××
E
A×
G#Diagram coming soon
G
F#Diagram coming soon
Dm××
F
A9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
                S1: I've seen a lot of people request this one all over the place, and
  it's already in the archive, but it's way off so I had to set things
  right. On the CD they use guitar , and it sounds better that way.
  During the verses and intro the B7, D7, and A7 are all bar chords., INTRO
 
  B7, D7, A7, A7-Bb7-B7, D7, A7
 
  VERSE ONE 
  B7 D7 A7 A7-Bb7
  Alchohol, my permanent accessory 
  B7 D7 A7 A7-Bb7
  Alchohol, a party time necessity 
  B7 D7 A7 F#m7
  Alchohol, alternative to feeling like yourself 
  D E A, E, A, E, 
  Oh, alchohol, I still drink to your health 
 
  CHORUS 
  A E F#m7 A7-Bb7-B7 D A E
  I love you more than I did the week before I discovered alchohol 
 
  VERSE TWO 
  B7 D7 A7 A7-Bb7
  Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea 
  B7 D7 A7 A7-Bb7
  A Malibu and Coke for you, a G. and T. for me 
  B7 D7 A7 F#m7
  Alchohol, your songs resolve like my life never will 
  D E A, E, A, E
  When someone else is picking up the bill 
 
  CHORUS (as above) 
  F#m7 D E F#m7
  Oh, alchohol, would you please forgive me? 
  D E F#m7 D E A, E
  For while I cannot love myself, I'll use something else 
 
  BRIDGE 
  A A/G# A/G D/F# D A
  I thought that alchohol was just for those with nothing else to do 
  A A/G# A/G Dm/F A
  I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze 
  A/G# A/G Dm/F A
  But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can choose
 
  A/G# A/G D E
  To walk the fine line between self control and self abuse 
 
  During piano solo play intro
 
  CHORUS (as above) 
  E F#m7 B7 D7
  Would you please ignore that you found me on the floor 
  A E
  trying on your camisole? 
  F#m7 D E F#m7 D E F#m7
  Oh, alchohol, would you please forgive me, for while I cannot love myself
 
  D E A9
  I'll use something else 
 
  OUTRO 
  A9, Em7 (x4 and end on A9) 
 
  B1: Submit 
          
 

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Chord set

B7 · D7 · A7 · Bb7 · F#m7 · D · E · A · G# · G · F# · Dm · F · A9

Practice tip

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