Wish I Could Say I'd Been Drinking

Aaron Watson

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
                      G 
Well I've done some things 
              Em 
That I can't undo 
              C 
I took your trust 
                 D 
And I tore it in two 
G                                            Em 
No man in his right mind could've said it's over 
          C          D         
Still I, told you goodbye completely sober 
Em            C           D 
Wish I could say I'd been drinkin' 
              Em 
And blame the bottle 
         C                  D 
But I've never been one to booze 
Em        C                D 
Lord only knows what I was thinkin' 
                          C 
Wish I could say I'd been drinkin' 
         D                    G 
But even that's just a fool's excuse
Well my mom knows 
Her baby boy knows better 
So it's gonna break her heart 
To hear we're not together 
She's always said she cares so much for you 
So what is she gonna say 
About the hell I've put you through 
 
(Chorus)
 
Em                              G 
Even Tennessee whiskey couldn't wash away the pain 
C 
Watered down with tear drops 
     D 
Over light Kentucky rain 
 
(Chorus 2x)

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Chord set

G · Em · C · D

Practice tip

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