Down Drinking At The Bar chords by Loudon Wainwright III

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well, I call you up on the
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phone: nobody's at home.
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Then I do my usual thing: I let the telephone
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ring and ring and ring.
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I'm standing at a phone booth,
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coping with the ugly truth.

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Verse 2

You see, I know where you are...

I know where you are.

You're down drinking

Interlude 1

at the bar.

Verse 3
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I can picture you there on that stool,
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drinking like a drunken fool.
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Yeah, you're sitting there on your ass,
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muttering into your glass.
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Paying for your lowlife thrills with wet
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quarters and soggy one dollar bills.
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Verse 4

I know where you are, baby.

You're down drinking at

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the bar.

Verse 5
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Dean Martin's on the jukebox, I bet.
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Or maybe it's Tammy Wynette.
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The tearjerkers are jerking your tears.
Salt water in your whiskey and
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your beers.
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You've got the Miller High
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Life bouncing balls.
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You've got the Utica Club waterfalls.
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Verse 6
I know where you are, oh ho.
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You're down at the bar.
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You're down at the bar.
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Verse 7
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Go ahead get drunk, it's alright.
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Lost weekend on a Tuesday night.
But I'm going to have to give
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you the score:
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I'm not going to call you up on
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the telephone no more.
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I'm sick and tired of listening
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to that phone ring 15 times.
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I'm sick and tired of getting
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back my dimes!