This is dedicated to all falling angels of the back street bars and Pasadena Texas honky tonks.

https://soundcloud.com/planobilly/drinking-again-mp3-draft-2

This was written on acoustic guitar which is not common for me. For all you BIAB aficionados, everything is directly from BIAB except for the vocal.

Drinking Again Billy 2020
(Four measure Intro) (Four measure phrases)
M1/4 Intro
V1-M5/8 E…I quit smoking cigarettes A…back sometime a E…go
V2-M9/12 E…They say I got to quit whisky and women F#...all that got to B…go
V3-M13/16 E…Well if you think I’m dying you should A…you should notify my next of E…kin
V4-M17/20 A…But in the meantime I’m E… headed B… to the Dew Drop E…Inn (234)
M21 E chord one measure 1234 vocal break
V5-M22/25 E…I’ll be drinking whiskey till I A…spend my last E…dime
V6-M26/29 E... Remember what Mickey Gilley said F#...about the B…girls at closing time
V7-M30/33 E… But I don’t care if they are all a ten A…or if there all a E…three
V8-M34/37 E… I don’t care if they are a little bit crazy F#...that really don’t bother B… me
C1-M38/41 A…We will waltz across the dance floor E…and tell each other lies
C2-M42/45 F#...It’s will be just another late night B…bar room compromise
M46/53 Eight Bar Solo
C3-M54/57 A…If you wake up this morning E…and you find that I’m not dead
C4-M58/61 F#…I think you’ll really understand B…everything that I said
V9-M62/65 A…Take a look at the world E…through the bottom of a whiskey glass
V 10-M66/69 F#...You only have to look at B…the shadows of the past
V 11-M70/73 A…You don’t have to remember E…what you’re trying to forget
V 12-M74/77 F#...Just buy another round B…without any regret
(A little different feel here to the end)
V 13-M78/79 E…You will see me tonight (Two measures)
V 14-M80/81 G#m…in the neon light (Two measures)
V 15-M82 A…On a barstool (1 measure)
V 16- M83 B…Drinking (1 measure)
V 17- M84 E…again (one measure)
M85 E…Break
V 18-M86/87 E…Don’t ask me why
V 19-M88/89 G#m…And if I die
V 20-M90 A…Just call my
V 21-M91 B…next of
V 22-M92 E…Kin
M93/97 OUTRO

I think this will be the last country song for a while. Moving on to other styles.

Cheers,

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”