Alcohol chords by Brad Paisley (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

B
E
F#/A#
G#m
F#
C#m7
B/D#
F#7

Intro 1

Verse 1
B 
E 
I  can make anybody pretty
B 
E 
I can make you believe any lie
B 
F#/A# 
I can make you pick a fight
G#m 
B 
F# 
With somebody twice your size
B 
E 
Well I've been known to cause a few breakups
B 
E 
And I've been known to cause a few births
B 
F#/A# 
I can make you new friends
G#m 
B 
F# 
Or get you fired from work

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Chorus 1
B 
E 
And since the day I left Milwaukee
B 
E 
Lynchburg and Bordeaux, France
B 
F#/A# 
G#m 
B 
Been making the bars lots  of big money
C#m7 
F# 
And helping white people dance
B 
E 
I got you in trouble in high school
B 
E 
But college, now that was a ball
E 
B/D# 
You had some of the best times
C#m7 
B 
F# 
You'll never  remember with me
B 
E 
Alcohol
B 
E 
Alcohol

Verse 2
B 
E 
I got blamed at your wedding reception
B 
E 
For your best man's embarrassing speech
B 
F#/A# 
G#m 
And also for those naked pictures
B 
F# 
of you at the beach
B 
E 
I've influenced kings and world leaders
B 
E 
I helped Hemingway write like he did
B 
F#/A# 
And I'll bet you a drink    or two
G#m 
B 
that  I can make you
F# 
F#7 
Put that lampshade on your head

Chorus 2
B 
E 
'Cause since the day I left Milwaukee
B 
E 
Lynchburg and Bordeaux, France
B 
F#/A# 
G#m 
B 
I been making a fool out of folks just like you
C#m7 
F# 
And helping white people dance
B 
E 
I am medicine and I am poison
B 
E 
I can help you up or make you fall
E 
B/D# 
You had some of the best times
C#m7 
B 
F# 
You'll never  remember with me
B 
E 
Alcohol
B 
F# 
Alcohol

Chorus 3
B 
E 
Yeah, since the day I left Milwaukee
B 
E 
Lynchburg and Bordeaux, France
B 
F#/A# 
G#m 
B 
Been making the bars lots  of big money
C#m7 
F# 
And helping white people dance
B 
E 
Yeah, I got you in trouble in high school
B 
E 
But college, now that was a ball
E 
B/D# 
You had some of the best times
C#m7 
B 
F# 
You'll never  remember with me
B 
E 
Alcohol
B 
E 
Alcohol

Outro 1
B 
E 
(Alcohol) Na- na- na- na- na- na- na
B 
E 
(Alcohol) Na- na- na- na- na- na- na
B 
E 
(Alcohol) Na- na- na- na- na- na- na
B 
E 
(Alcohol) Na- na- na- na- na- na- na
B 
E 
(Alcohol) Na- na- na- na- na- na- na
B 
E 
(Alcohol) Na- na- na- na- na- na- na
B 
E 
B 
E 
(Alcohol)
[Fade out]

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GuitarPianoUkulele

B
E
F#/A#
G#m
F#
C#m7
B/D#
F#7

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: IntermediateKey: B majorBPM: 70

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

B: x-2-4-4-4-x
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
F#/A#: 6-4-4-6-x-x
G#m: 4-6-6-4-4-4
F#: 2-4-4-3-2-2
C#m7: x-4-6-4-5-x
B/D#: x-6-4-4-7-x
F#7: 2-4-2-3-2-2

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This is the definitive original version of Alcohol by Brad Paisley, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of B major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Brad Paisley's performance.