Drivin' Nails In My Coffin Chords

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Drivin' Nails In My Coffin by Hank Thompson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C My sweetheart is gone and I'm so lonely 
She said that she and I were G7 thru 
So I C started out drinkin' for pastime 
Drivin' Nails In My G7 Coffin over C you. 
 
CHORUS 
I'm just Drivin' Nails In My Coffin 
Ev'ry time I drink a bottle of G7 brew 
I'm just C Drivin' Nails In My Coffin 
Lordy, drivin' those G7 nails over C you. 
 
Now ever since the day that she left me 
I've been so sad and so blue 
I'm always thinkin' of you, love 
And I just can't quit drinkin' that old brew. 
 
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