Working On Whiskey Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays387

Working On Whiskey by Jessica Mitchell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Dsus, G, C/A and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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16
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  			Intro

verse 1 

D                        Dsus        D 
Never loved the way that I loved you 
D                       Dsus     D 
You left a mark like an old tattoo 
G 
Now I don't know what I'm gonna do 
D            Dsus D 
without you 

D                        Dsus     D 
Now these walls are the only thing 
D                      Dsus     D 
to keep the world from caving in 
G 
stop my heart from crumbling 
D            Dsus D 
without you 

C/A                                    G 
and every time I think I've got you gone 


Chorus 

          D 
I start seeing things I shouldn't see 
     C/A 
and wanting things I shouldn't be 
    G 
and wrestling with the memory 
                   C 
that won't let me go 

        D 
Oh i tried and tried to give you up 
     C/A 
but once you've had the strong stuff 
G 
nothing else will be enough 
   C                     D 
so i'll be working on whiskey 
  C/A   G 
whiskey 


verse 2 

D               Dsus   D 
waiting on the day to break 
D                   Dsus      D 
so i won't have to feel this way 
G 
yeah maybe i will smile one day 
D            Dsus 
without you 

C/A                         G 
the more i think i'm moving on 


Chorus 

          D 
i start seeing things I shouldn't see 
     C/A 
and wanting things I shouldn't be 
 G 
wrestling with the memory  
                   C 
that won't let me go 

          D 
oh i tried and tried to give you up 
    C/A 
but once you've had the strong stuff 
G 
nothing else can be enough 
    C                   D 
so i'll be working on whiskey 
C/A   G       C 
yeah yeah yeah 


Bridge 

D 
I'm crying tears i shouldn't cry 
C/A 
praying for an answer why 
G                           C/A 
you're not hear tonight 

        D 
oh i'm feeling things i don't want to feel 
C/A 
finding out i'm not made of steel 
G                                                   C 
wrestling with the memories that won't let me go 


Chorus 

     D 
oh i tried and tried to give you up 
C/A 
but once you've had the strong stuff 
G 
nothing else can be enough 
     C                      D 
so i'll be working on the whiskey 


Outro 

C/A 
oh whiskey 
G 
oh whiskey 
C      D 
 ohhh 
C/A       D 
ahhhhhh 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante