C
  
Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it  
         
F
                          
C
  
Cause I know just what I'm gonna do 
      
I'll start to spend my money calling everybody honey 
          
D7
                    
G7
  
And I'll wind up singing the blues 
 
               
F
                    
C
  
I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck 
                              
G7
  
And brother I can name you a few 
        
C
                       
F
  
Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it 
         
C
           
G7
            
C
  
Cause I know just what I'm gonna do 
 
 
I gotta get drunk I just can't stay sober 
           
F
                       
C
  
There's a lot of good people in town 
 
Who like to see me holler see me spend my dollar 
       
D7
                              
G7
  
And I wouldn't think of letting 'em down 
 
 
F
  
There's a lot of doctors that tell me 
      
C
                             
G7
  
That I'd better start slowing it down 
     
C
                         
F
  
But there's more old drunks than there are old doctors 
      
C
                   
G7
             
C
  
So I guess we'd better have another round 
 
Repeat #1, 2