Drank Like a River chords by Whiskeytown

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well he was nearly  (A major) 
died
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When he returned  (G major) to the town
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where he'd come  (D major) from  (A major) 
He's brown-bagging it it tonight be
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hind  (G major) some tav (D major) ern  (A major) 
Somebody wrecked his life
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And I'll bet  (G major) you it was
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his darling  (D major)  (A major) 
Somebody wrecked his life
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And I'll bet  (G major) you it was his darling  (D major) 
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So he drank like a  (A major) river when the
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 (G major) wedding bells rang
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 (D major) Watched from the steeple  (A major) 
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as the  (G major) choir girls sang
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 (D major) Died in the  (A major) gutter on his
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 (G major) feet and his hands
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Same  (D major) hands that  (A major) once touched
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her  (D major) face  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (D major)  (A major) 
Well he was nearly died
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When he returned  (G major) to the town
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he'd come  (D major) from  (A major) 
He's hanging out drinking beer
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with his  (G major) brother-in-law
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He He  (D major)  (A major) He was a drinker at night
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And in the morn (G major) ing he was unnerving  (D major)  (A major) 
He was a drinker for a time
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The day  (G major) that he lost his  (D major) darling
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So he drank like a  (A major) river when the
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 (G major) wedding bells rang
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 (D major) Watched from the steeple  (A major) 
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as the choir  (G major) girls sang
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 (D major) Died in the  (A major) gutter on his
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 (G major) feet and his hands
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Same  (D major) hands that  (A major) once touched her  (D major) face
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 (A major)  (G major) 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (G major) 
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So he drank like a  (A major) river when the
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 (G major) wedding bells rang
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 (D major) Watched from the steeple  (A major) 
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as the  (G major) choir girls sang
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 (D major) Died in the  (A major) gutter on his
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 (G major) feet and his hands
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Same  (D major) hands that once touched  (A major) 
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her  (D major) face