Wish I Could Say I'd Been Drinking chords by
Aaron Watson
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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
 
Well I've done some things
Em Em 
 
that I can't undo
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I took your trust and I tore it in to
G G 
 
No man in his right mind would
Em Em 
 
have said it's over
C C 
 
D D 
 
Still I  told you goodbye
G G 
 
completely sober

Verse 2
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
I  wish I could say
D D 
 
I'd been drinking
Em Em 
 
And blame the bottle but I've nev
C C 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
er been one to booze
C C 
 
D D 
 
Lord only knows what I was thinking
C C 
 
Wish I could say I'd been drinking
D D 
 
Even that's just a fool's excuse
G G 
 

Verse 3
My mama knows her baby
Em Em 
 
boy knows better
C C 
 
It's gonna break her heart to
D D 
 
hear we're not together
G G 
 
She's always said she
Em Em 
 
cares so much for you
C C 
 
So what is she gonna say about
D D 
 
the hell I've put you through
G G 
 

Verse 4
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I   wish I could say I'd been drinking
Em Em 
 
And blame the bottle but I've nev
C C 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
er been one to booze
C C 
 
D D 
 
Lord only knows what I was thinking
C C 
 
Wish I could say I'd been drinking
D D 
 
Even that's just a fool's excuse
G G 
 

Interlude 1

Verse 5

Even Tennessee whiskey

couldn't wash away the pain

Watered down with teardrops

over light Kentucky rain

Verse 6
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I   wish I could say I'd been drinking
Em Em 
 
And blame the bottle but I've nev
C C 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
er been one to booze
C C 
 
D D 
 
Lord only knows what I was thinking
C C 
 
Wish I could say I'd been drinking
D D 
 
Even that's just a fool's excuse

Verse 7
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
I  wish I could
C C 
 
D D 
 
say I'd been drinking
Em Em 
 
And blame the bottle but I've nev
C C 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
er been one to booze
C C 
 
D D 
 
Lord only knows what I was thinking
C C 
 
Wish I could say I'd been drinking
D D 
 
Even that's just a fool's ex
G G 
 
cuse

Outro 1

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ChordsG C Em D

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