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Key: C# minor•
Intro 1
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B
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Bm
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G#m
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Verse 1
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Cdim
Cdim
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An icy wind blows through the door
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You feel like you've been here before
Dm
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You tremble and you start
Cdim
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to sweat
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B
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2

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The symptoms of withdrawal
Verse 2
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Alcohol
Dm
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Why do you do it?
G#dim
G#dim
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Why do you keep beating me?
Dm
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You give some people a real
Bm
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good time
F#dim
F#dim
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B
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But you cause some untold misery
Interlude 1
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Dm
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G#dim
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Ddim
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Fdim
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G#dim
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B
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2

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F#dim
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Verse 3
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Cdim
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Heroin
Dm
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Why do you do it?
Am
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I don't like what I've seen
Dm
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You promise someone a real good time
Cdim
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And then you take them from
B
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Am
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their family
Dm
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You tremble and you start to sweat
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You don't want to withdraw
Dm
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Bdim
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And when your flesh be
Dm
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gins to crawl
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You'd rather not be here at all
Verse 4
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C
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Alcohol
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G#dim
G#dim
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How do you do it?
Bdim
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E
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Please don't do it to me
Dm
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You give some people
Bdim
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a real good time
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But you cause some untold misery
Verse 5
A
A

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Alcohol
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Why do you do it?
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You ain't gonna do it to me
A
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G#m
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You give some people
G#
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a real good time
F#m
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B
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2

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And you cause some untold misery
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • G

  • Bdim

  • C

  • Dm

  • E

  • Ddim

  • Fdim

    3

  • A

  • B

    2

  • F

  • Bm

    2

  • D

  • G#m

    4

  • F#m

    2

  • Cdim

    3

  • G#dim

    6

  • F#dim

    4

  • G#

    4

Capo: 4

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The original key of Alcohol by The Specials is C# minor.

The primary chords used in Alcohol are C#m, B, D#dim, E, F#m, G#.

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