Somebody Buy Me A Drink chords by Oscar Brown Jr.

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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The other night,
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I was on Skid Row
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By a liquor store sign's
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garrish glow;
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I saw a fellow I used to know a long,
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long time ago.
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He stood with the lost,
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with the living dead,
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With rumpled clothes an
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d a reeling head,
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Reviewing the wasted life he'd lead,
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and  as I passed he said,
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"Let me tell you a story
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that's sad but true
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About someone who just
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may remind you of you
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Let me tell you a tale that may help you awake
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a woozy head -
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Somebody buy me  a drink.
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"It begins long ago on a  happy day,
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With a fool who was loved,
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but threw it all away,
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Who exchanged a good home for a flo
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phouse, a bar and a plank -
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Somebody buy me a drink.
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(Bridge:)
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"Well, to see me today,
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when I have hit the skids,
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Who would think I once had
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a fine wife and kids?
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Yes, I was that fool,
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af  ter treasure and pleasure,
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And love was just a game played with
some other dame.
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"Now there's only one thing
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I      feel certain of:
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The only true treasure in life is love.
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Without someone to love and love you,
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see how      low you can sink?
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Somebody buy me a drink,
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Somebody, somebody,
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buy me a
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drink."