Liquor Store Blues Chords

KeyC#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays573

Liquor Store Blues by Bruno Mars is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, G#m, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#m
Text
16
Speed
  			         C#m 
Standing at this liquor store, 
       G#m                              A                        B 
Whisky coming through my pores, Feeling like I run this whole block. 
      C#m                               G#m 
Lotto tickets and cheap beer That's why you can catch me here, 
      A                        B 
Tryna scratch my way up to the top. 

          C#m             G#m                A                  B 
Because my job got me going nowhere, so I ain't got a thing to lose. 
          C#m             G#m                A                  B 
Take me to a place where I don't care, this is me and my liquor store blues. 

              C#m             G#m 
I'll take one shot for my pain, 
    A         B 
One drag for my sorrow. 
    C#m            G#m 
Get messed up today, 
      A    B 
I'll be ok tomorrow. 
    C#m             G#m 
One shot for my pain, 
    A          B 
One drag for my sorrow. 
    C#m            G#m 
Get messed up today, 
      A    B 
I'll be ok tomorrow. 

      C#m                 G#m 
Me and my guitar tonight, Singing to the city lights 
      A                       B 
Tryna live on more than what I got 
C#m                  G#m                 A                               B 
 Cause '68 Citrus, Ain't gonna pay the rent so, I'll be out here til they call the cops 

      C#m           G#m         A               B 
Because my job got me going nowhere, so I ain't got a thing to lose. 
     C#m             G#m          A                 B 
Take me to a place where I don't care, this is me and my liquor store blues. 

              C#m             G#m 
I'll take one shot for my pain, 
    A         B 
One drag for my sorrow. 
    C#m            G#m 
Get messed up today, 
      A    B 
I'll be ok tomorrow. 
    C#m             G#m 
One shot for my pain, 
    A          B 
One drag for my sorrow. 
    C#m            G#m 
Get messed up today, 
      A    B 
I'll be ok tomorrow. 

    C#m                     G#m 
Here comes Junior Gong, I'm flying high like superman 
     A                        B       C#m 
And thinkin that I run the whole block, I don't know if it's just because 
   G#m                        A                               B 
Pineapple kush between my jaws, Has got me feeling like I'm on top, Feeling like 

   C#m                        G#m          A            B 
Give me this one shot for my pain, One drag for my sorrow 
     C#m           G#m    A                B 
Get messed up today, I'll be okay tomorrow 

C#m             G#m   A                B 
One shot for my pain, One drag for my sorrow 
C#m            G#m  A                  B 
Get messed up today, I'll be okay tomorrow 

              C#m             G#m 
I'll take one shot for my pain, 
    A         B 
One drag for my sorrow. 
    C#m            G#m 
Get messed up today, 
      A    B 
I'll be ok tomorrow. 
    C#m             G#m 
One shot for my pain, 
    A          B 
One drag for my sorrow. 
    C#m            G#m 
Get messed up today, 
      A    B 
I'll be ok tomorrow 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante