Wish I Could Drink chords by Walker Hayes

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Verse 1
D 
Em 
 (D major)  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) Wish I could drink
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) 
Em 
A 
Em 
A 
D 
 (E minor) Wish I could drink  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
Wish I could drink
Em 
Wish I could drink, uh  (E minor) 
D 
Wish I could drink, uh  (D major) 
Em 
D 
Wish I could drink,  (E minor)  (D major) uh

Verse 2
D 
Uh Lookin' at my  (D major) 
knuckles so white
Em 
D 
 (E minor) Holdin' on to my hotel bed so  (D major) tight
'Cause I know if I let go I'm
Em 
gonna follow  (E minor) the sound
D 
Of that piano out of my room  (D major) an d down
To the lounge where I'ma
F#m 
mess it  (F sharp minor) all   up
Em 
 (E minor) It's been four years since I reeked of alcohol,
D 
 (D major) but
I've been to the gym
three times a day
F#m 
Em 
Keep callin' my  (F sharp minor) wife  and them to  (E minor) say
D 
All of my trashcans are filled with coffee  (D major) cups,
but I still

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Verse 3

Wish I could drink

(Wish I could drink, wish I could drink,

wish I could drink)

Wish I could drink

(Wish I could drink,

wish I could drink)

Verse 4
D 
Bm 
Lord knows I  (D major) can like a fish  (B minor) 
D 
 (D major) Y'all I ain't just alcohol-
A 
 (A major) ish (just alcohol- ish)
Em 
I'm starin' at that  (E minor) water
A 
bottle wonderin'  (A major) if
D 
Folks'll notice if I put a little  (D major) vodka in it
Bm 
 (B minor) Maybe rehab
D 
F#m 
 (D major) Ain't just a guest house (F sharp minor) 
Em 
A 
Maybe I don't  (E minor) ever really  (A major) check out
Em 
Just appreciate the  (E minor) freedom from my
demons when they hush
A 
And  (A major) fight the temptation when I just wish
D 
F#m 
Em 
I could  (D major) drink  (F sharp minor)  (E minor) 
D 
F#m 
Em 
 (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (E minor) 

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) 
D 
 (D major) Uh
Wish I could drink
F#m 
Em 
 (F sharp minor) Wish I  (E minor) could have a beer with my
D 
sons when they turn  (D major) 21
But nah
I'ma be holdin' up water
Em 
sayin'  (E minor) cheers with 'em
Tryna smile back,
D 
the  (D major) time flies tears with 'em
Em 
Prayin' to  (E minor) anyone who would
listen upstairs
They learn from my mistakes
D 
 (D major) And not theirs

Verse 6
D 
Maybe  (D major) it's in their blood
F#m 
Em 
 (F sharp minor) I hope it  (E minor) isn't (I hope it isn't)
Maybe they won't start
D 
 (D major) 'Cause they watched me
quitin'
F#m 
Maybe they forgot  (F sharp minor) (maybe they
forgot)
Em 
Maybe I'm for (E minor) given
(maybe I'm forgiven)
I wish I could forgive me
D 
 (D major) I wish I didn't

Verse 7
D 
Wish I could  (D major) drink
Em 
(Wish I could drink, wish I could  (E minor) drink,
wish I could drink)
Wish I could drink
D 
(Wish I could  (D major) drink,
wish I could drink)

Verse 8
D 
Bm 
Lord knows I  (D major) can like a fish  (B minor) 
D 
Y'all I ain't  (D major) just alcohol-
A 
 (A major) ish (just alcohol- ish)
Em 
I'm starin' at that  (E minor) water
A 
bottle wonderin'  (A major) if
D 
Folks'll notice if I  (D major) put a little vodka in it
Bm 
 (B minor) Maybe rehab
D 
F#m 
 (D major) Ain't just a guest house (F sharp minor) 
D 
Em 
A 
 (D major) Maybe I don't  (E minor) ever really  (A major) check out
Em 
Just appreciate the  (E minor) freedom from my
demons when they hush
A 
And  (A major) fight the temptation when
I just wish I could drink

Verse 9
D 
There's  (D major) this nightmare I keep havin'
Em 
It's the  (E minor) worst joke I can imagine
D 
Someone slips a little  (D major) Jack in my
Coke behind my back
When I take a sip and taste it
Em 
I  (E minor) cannot believe I just wasted all that
D 
struggle fightin'  (D major) from it
And I feel sick in my stomach
'Cause the thought
Em 
of startin'  (E minor) all over
Makes me want to get the opposite of sober,
so bad
D 
And I'm  (D major) so mad I could kill
whoever did it

Verse 10
D 
F#m 
And I wake  (D major) up swingin'  (F sharp minor) 
Em 
But  (E minor) all I hit is air
D 
And I  (D major) realize I was just dreamin'
And I take a deep breath
F#m 
Em 
 (F sharp minor) And I thank  (E minor) God there's
not a drop of Jack on it
D 
And  (D major) I think, hey
Maybe there is such thing as
Em 
a good bad  (E minor) dream
D 
'Cause at that moment  (D major) I don't

Outro 1
Wish I could drink
A 
Em 
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
D 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
F#m 
Em 
A 
 (F sharp minor)  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
A 
D 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 