Key: G
Introduction:
G=
Cadd2 = x32033
D=
Main riff
G D4
v v v v v v ^ v ^ v v
Intro
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Verse
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Hello my name is Ishmael
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Forget the one about the whale
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I'll tell you of a broken-hearted
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sailor
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Maggie took my loyalty
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I treated her like royalty
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What starts out with such promise ends in
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failure
Chorus
G D4 G D4
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
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But I been drinkin' too much, I better go home
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And I think here I'm better off alone
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But I been thinking too much, I better go home
Verse
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All hail the Queen of cruelty, she has
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duly been anointed
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These final words "her majesty" had
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to say
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"He who expects nothing never
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will be disappointed" Nothing's
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what she left me so I guess i'm
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okay
Chorus
G D4 G D4
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
G D4 G D4
But I been drinkin' too much, I better go home
G D4 G D4
And I think here we all stand alone
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But I been thinking too much, I better go home
Bridge
C C/B C/A C/G D
Lie lie lie lie lie
C C/B C/A C/G D
Lie lie lie lie lie
Verse
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A promise made to a tab unpaid
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It's home I wade to my bed unmade
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A fool to think that I could ever
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change her
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A king upon my barstool throne
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I vow to never drink alone
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I only drink with friends or total
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strangers
Bridge
D4
We're all broken hearted here
D4
We're all broken hearted here
D4
We're all broken hearted here
D
We're all broken
Chorus
G D4 G D4
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
G D4 G D4
But I been drinkin' too much, I better go home
G D4 G D4
And I think here we all stand alone
G D4 G D4
But I been thinking too much, I better go home
D4 G
I better go home
D4 G
I better go home
D4 G
I better go home
D4 G
I better go home
D4 G
I better go home
Outro
G
Legend
v = Downstroke