Drinkin' Dark Whiskey Chords

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Drinkin' Dark Whiskey by Gary Allan is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, D and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro:  (A)  (A)  (A)  (A) 
 
Drinkin' (A) dark whiksey 
Tellin' white lies 
One leads to another  
On a Saturday (E) night 
Don't ya cross your (D) heart 
Unless you hope to (A) die 
Drinkin' dark whiskey 
(E) Tellin' white (A) lies 
 
Well the (A) first drop burns  
But the second one goes down smooth 
(D) Then that ol' Black Label gets a (A) hold of you 
It (E7) loosens your tongue, but it never tells the (A) truth 
 
Drinkin' (A) dark whiksey 
Tellin' white lies 
One leads to another  
On a Saturday (E) night 
Don't ya cross your (D) heart 
Unless you hope to (A) die 
Drinkin' dark whiskey 
(E) Tellin' white (A) lies 
 
Solo 
 
When the (A) bottle starts talkin' 
Be careful what he might say 
He (D) talks in the dark like he never would see the (A) day 
Then (E7) he gets in trouble, just as soon as he gets a(A)way 
 
Drinkin' (A) dark whiksey 
Tellin' white lies 
One leads to another  
On a Saturday (E) night 
Don't ya cross your (D) heart 
Unless you hope to (A) die 
Drinkin' dark whiskey 
(E) Tellin' white (A) lies 
 
Guitar Solo :  (A)   (A)   (D)   (A)   (E7)   (A) 
 
Well a (A) little white lie 
Don't mean anyone no good 
When it's (D) makin' the rounds all over the neighboor(A)hood 
(E7) Next thing you know, you're all misunderst(A)ood 
 
When you're drinkin' (A) dark whiksey 
Tellin' white lies 
One leads to another  
On a Saturday (E) night 
Don't ya cross your (D) heart 
Unless you hope to (A) die 
Drinkin' dark whiskey 
(E) Tellin' white (A) lies 
 
Drinkin' dark whiskey 
(E) Tellin' white (A) lies
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante