Key: F# minor
Verse 1
F#m
A
Will there be any bartenders
Esus4
F#m
up there in heaven?
D
A
Will the pubs never close? Will
F#m
A
No more DTs and no
E
F#m
shakes and no horrors
E
D
The very next morning,
Bsus4
B
Verse 2
Bm
B
G#m
D#m
'Cause God loves a drunk,
G#m
D#m
lowest of men
E
B
Like the dogs in the street
C#
D#
and the pigs in the pen
B
E
But a drunk's only trying to
F#m
F#
up there in heaven
F#m
E
His shouts and his curses they
F#sus4
F#
are just hymns and praises
G#m
F#
E
To kick-start his his mind now and then
G#m
C#m
C#
C#m
O God loves a drunk, come raise up your glasses,
C#
A
amen
E
Em
E
Verse 3
F#m
A
Does God really care for your
Esus4
E
F#m
life in the suburbs?
D
A
Your dull little life full of dull little things
Bm
F#m
A
And bring up the babies to
E
F#m
be just like daddy
E
D
And maybe I'll be there when he
Bsus4
B
Verse 4
Bm
B
G#m
But God loves a drunk,
D#m
D#
G#m
D#m
although he's a fool
E
B
Oh he wets in his pants and he fall
C#
D#
s off his stool
F#m
F#
and whispers go by him
F#
F#sus4
sings sally racket
F#
E
He can't feel the cold rain
G#m
B
And soak through his clothes to the skin
E
G#m
O God loves a drunk,
C#
E
Em
come raise up your glasses, amen
Verse 5
Em
E
A
F#m
A
Will there be any pen-pushers up
E
F#m
up there in heaven?
D
A
Does crawling and wage-slaving
F#m
A
I pity you worms with your
E
F#m
semis and pensions
E
D
If you think that'll get you to
Verse 6
Bsus4
B
G#m
Oh God loves a drunk,
D#m
D#
G#m
D#m
al though he's a clown
E
B
Oh you can't help but laugh as he
C#m
D#
D#m
gags and falls down
G#m
B
Won't you throw him a few pennies,
E
friend?
C#m
C#
E
for ever and ever, amen
Outro 1
Em
E
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