Raise Hell, Drink Beer Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays885

Raise Hell, Drink Beer by Eleven Hundred Springs is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and A2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A                                             D 
Well my daddy grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, 
              A                                          E 
And you could say there wasn't much for a growin' boy to do 
           A                                                D 
Except to drive around town with all his friends on the weekends 
         A                      E                 A 
And go searchin' for a case of beer that wasn't 3.2. 
                                              D 
He used to drive around town in an old 1960 Corvair 
A                                               E 
Him all his friends, they called themselves the BBD. 
             A                                   D 
Well when I asked him what those three initials stood for, 
           A                          E                    A 
He said "Bartlesville Beer Drinkers, son, that's what it means. 
 
       A2           A2 
Raise hell, drink beer, 
        D 
That's all there is to do 'round here. 
          A2              A2 
Get your kicks chasin' chicks 
        E 
Well we do it every day of the year." 
                A                   
He said, "Now, one of these days I'm gonna leave this town 
         D 
And you won't find me anywhere near... 
         A                    E                 A 
But for now I'll keep rasin' hell and drinkin' beer." 
 
A  D  A  E  A  D  A  D  A  E  A  2x 
 
- Repeat whole song through - 
           A                     E                 A 
Yeah, for now I'll keep raisin' hell and drinkin' beer 
           A                     E                 A 
Yeah, for now I'll keep raisin' hell and drinkin' beer 

    	

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