None of them
INTRO
F F F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|
CHORUS
F F F F
Could have been the whiskey Might have been the gin
F F
Could have been the three or four six packs I don't know
F F Bb Bb
But look at the mess I'm in my head's a-like a football
F F
I think I'm gonna die
C C F F
Tell me me oh me oh my Wasn't that a party?
F F F F F F F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb Bb F F C C (ring) F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3~~~~~~~|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
VERSE
F F F F
Someone took a grapefruit Wore it like a hat
F F F F
I saw someone under my kitchen table talking to my old tom cat
Bb Bb F F
They was talking about hockey The cat was talking back
C C F F
Long about then everything went black Wasn't that a party?
F F F F F F F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb Bb F F C C (ring) F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3~~~~~~~|--------|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
BRIDGE
Bb Bb F F
I'm sure it's just my memory Playing tricks on me
G G C C
But I think I saw my buddy cutting down my neighbour's tree
Bb Bb F F G G C C~~~~~~~
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|----0-2-|--2-0---|--------|--------|
A:1-------|1-------|----3---|----3---|--2-----|------2-|3-3-3-3-|3-------|
E:--3-1-3-|--3-1-3-|--------|--------|3-------|--------|--------|--------|
CHORUS
F F F F
Could have been the whiskey Might have been the gin
F F
Could have been the three or four six packs I don't know
F F Bb Bb
But look at the mess I'm in my head's a-like a football
F F
I think I'm gonna die
C C F F
Tell me me oh me oh my Wasn't that a party?
F F F F F F F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-1-0---|
A:----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb Bb F F C C (ring)
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
INSTRUMENTAL
(Piano solo)
F F F F Bb Bb F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-0---0-|3-0---0-|------0-|3-1-0---|--------|--------|------0-|3-0---0-|
A:----3---|----3---|--0-3---|------3-|1-------|1-------|--0-3---|----3---|
E:--------|--------|1-------|--------|--3-1-3-|--3-1-3-|1-------|--------|
(Sax solo)
C Bb F F F F F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--0-1-2-|3-------|3-0-----|------0-|3-0---0-|------0-|3-0---0-|
A:3-0---0-|1-------|----0-3-|----3-0-|--0-3---|----3---|--0-3---|----3---|
E:----3---|--------|--1-----|--------|1-------|--------|1-------|--------|
Bb Bb F F C Bb F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|------0-|3-0---0-|--------|--------|------0-|3-1-0---|
A:1---1---|1-------|--0-3---|----3---|3-0---0-|1-------|--0-3---|------3-|
E:--3---3-|--3-1-3-|1-------|--------|----3---|--3-1-3-|1-------|--------|
BRIDGE
Bb Bb F F
Billy Joe and Tommy Well they went a little far
G G
They was sitting in the back yard blowing on the siren
G C
From somebody's police car
Bb Bb F F G (let ring) C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|3 |
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------|
VERSE
F F F F
So you see your honor It was all in fun
F F
That little bitty track meet down on Main Street was just to
F F
See if the cops could run
Bb Bb F F
Well they run us in to see you In an alcoholic haze
C C F F
I sure could use those thirty days to recover from the party
F F F F F F F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb Bb F F C C (ring) F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3~~~~~~~|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
CHORUS (Key Change)
G G G G
Could have been the whiskey Might have been the gin
G G
Could have been the three or four six packs I don't know
G G C C
But look at the mess I'm in my head is like a football
G G
I think I'm gonna die
D D G G
Tell me me oh me oh my Wasn't that a party?
G G G G G G G G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------2-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--3-5---|
C C G G D D (ring) G G
G:--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|----0-2-|--2-0---|0-0-0-0-|0~~~~~~~|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|
A:3-0---0-|3-0---0-|--2-----|------2-|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:----3---|----3---|3-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
CODA
G G G G G G G G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
C C G G D D (ring) G G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|
A:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|5~~~~~~~|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
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