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I Hardly Ever Sing Beer Drinking Songs by Johnny Cash
I Hardly Ever Sing Beer Drinking Songs
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
Notes: Standard tuning from the 1975 album Look at them Beans
[Intro Fill]
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------0-2-2h3-3-2-0------|
A|-3-2-3---------------2-3--|
E|--------------------------|
[Intro]
G C
[Verse 1]
C
I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
C G7
And when they play them cheatin' tunes I never sing along
F C F
I never ever sing the blues I've forgotten born to lose
G C
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
[Verse 2]
C
I hardly ever walk the floor and cry
C G7
And I don't think I've ever said I feel like I could die
F C F
I don't ever lay awake I never think my heart will break
G C
I hardly ever walk the floor and cry
[Verse 3]
C
I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
C G7
I can't put much feeling in saying love is all gone wrong
F C F
I don't lose no sleep at night cause things with you are going right
G C
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
[Solo]
C G7 C F C F G C
[Verse 4]
C
I never call your name out in my sleep
C G7
You never make me worry and you never make me weep
F C F
I never wonder if you're true I spend a night curled up with you
G C
And I never call your name out in my sleep
[Verse 5]
C
I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
C G7
And when they play them cheatin' tunes I never sing along
F C F
I never ever sing the blues I've forgotten born to lose
G C
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
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version 2
Capo:no capo
G
I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
D7
And when they play them cheating tunes I never sing along
C G C
I never ever sing the blues I've forgotten Born to Lose
D7 G
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
I hardly ever walk the floor and cry
D7
And I don't think I've ever said I feel like I could die
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C G C
I don't ever lay awake I never think my heart will break
D7 G
I hardly ever walk the floor and cry
I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
D7
I can't put much feeling in saying love is all gone wrong
C G C
I don't lose no sleep at night cause things with you are going right
D7 G
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
I never call your name out in my sleep
D7
You never make me worry and you never make me weep
C G C
I never wonder if you're true I spend a night curled up with you
D7 G
And I never call your name out in my sleep
I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
D7
I can't put much feeling in saying love is all gone wrong
C G C
I don't lose no sleep at night cause things with you are going right
D7 G
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
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version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:C
Capo:no capo
Play this with the typical boom chick-a boom chick-a strum. Hit the bass string on the first down stroke of
each strum. On the C chord, alternate playing the bass C on the 3rd fret of the A string and the G on the 3rd
fret of the low E string with the ring(3rd)finger.
The turnaround is just a walk down from F to C. Em7add11 is just all strings open. Strum each chord once
until you get back to C and start the boom chick-a strum again.
This may not be 100% correct to the recording, but it's a version I like to do as a solo acoustic song.
For a variation to make it easier (like a doing this as a bluegrass jam song) you can omit the walk down and
play the F chord on the last word of the last line as C chord.
Example:
G C
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
Or to make it harder, Try shifting the walk down to the first of the four last syllables of the last line
Example:
G F E Em7add11 C
And I hardly ever sing beer drink ing songs
Have fun with it.
[Intro]
C
[Chorus]
C
I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
C G
And when they play them cheatin' tunes I never sing along
F C F
I never ever sing the blues I've forgotten born to lose
G F F E Em7add11 C
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
[Verse 1]
C
I hardly ever walk the floor and cry
C G
And I don't think I've ever said I feel like I could die
F C F
I don't ever lay awake I never think my heart will break
G F F E Em7add11 C
and I hardly ever walk the floor and cry
[Verse 2]
C
I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
C G
I can't put much feeling in saying love is all gone wrong
F C F
I don't lose no sleep at night 'cause things with you are going right
G F F E Em7add11 C
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
[Break]
C C G F C F G F F E Em7add11 C
[Verse 3]
C
I never call your name out in my sleep
C G
You never make me worry and you never make me weep
F C F
I never wonder if you're true I spend a night curled up with you
G F F E Em7add11 C
And I never call your name out in my sleep
[Chorus]
C
I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
C G
And when they play them cheatin' tunes I never sing along
F C F
I never ever sing the blues I've forgotten born to lose
G F F E Em7add11 C
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
[Outro]
G F F E Em7add11 C
And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs
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