Drug Problems Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays528

Drug Problems by Bellamy Brothers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, G, Em and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
D 
I hear people talking 
              
About going cold turkey 
G                                  D 
Trying out, checking in to Betty Ford 
 G                                 D           Em 
But I just can't relate to those strange addictions 
A7                                 D 
Cause my drug problems never went ignored 

 
D                       G                 D 
You see, I was drug to church on Sunday morning 
D              G       D 
I was drug to family reunions  
G                               D           Em 
I was drug to grandpa's farm to work every summer 
G                                  A7 
And I was drug to weddings and to funerals 
D                  G                      D 
I was drug out the door to go to school, everyday 
D                G               D 
I was drug by my ears when I was bad 
G                    D               Em 
When I disobeyed, my parents were my teachers 
G                                 A7 
I was drug to the woodshed by my Dad         
D                         G                  D 
And those drugs are still running through my veins 
D                      G      D 
Still effecting what I do and say  
G                                    D       Em 
And if kids today had those kind of drug problems 
   G                      A7           D 
I believe the world would be a better place 

Instrumental: D        G           D       A7        D 

verse 2 
D               G                D 
I won't claim I grew up to be perfect, far from it 
D               G                    D 
But every time I start to make a slip 
G                                     D   
I can see Daddy reaching for the Good Book  
G                                         A7 
And hear those payers role from Mamma's lips 
D                         G                    D 
And that's why I count my blessings every evening 
D                   G         D 
And pray to the good Lord up above 
G                              D      Em 
To thank him for giving me a drug problem 
      G          A7                      D              
And a home and a family filled with love 

 
D                       G                 D 
You see, I was drug to church on Sunday morning 
D              G       D 
I was drug to family reunions  
G                               D           Em 
I was drug to grandpa's farm to work every summer 
G                                  A7 
And I was drug to weddings and to funerals 
D                  G                      D 
I was drug out the door to go to school, everyday 
D                G               D 
I was drug by my ears when I was bad 
G                    D               Em 
When I disobeyed, my parents were my teachers 
G                                 A7 
I was drug to the woodshed by my Dad         
D                         G                  D 
And those drugs are still running through my veins 
D                      G      D 
Still effecting what I do and say  
G                                    D       Em 
And if kids today had those kind of drug problems 
   G                      A7           D 
I believe the world would be a better place  (2x)  
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante