Fifteen Beers Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays451

Fifteen Beers by Johnny Paycheck is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F 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                              F                        C 
I drank fifteen beers that's a whole lot of brew in one night 

                                         G7 
When you try to drown a memory from your mind 

           C 
It took me fifteen beers to get here 
  
        F 
I don't know how many more till I leave 

        C                   G7            C     F  C 
Take my change in tears and drink fifteen beers 


                                             
Well I rolled into Joe's about six-fifteen 
  
          F 
And I was ready to pour 'em down 

           C                                      G7 
Because at eight o'clock Delilah was a-meeting me there 

                   C 
Well I thought I'd have me a pour just to loosen up 
  
              F 
Cause we were really gonna swing tonight 

        C                        G7                 C    F  C 
I could already see her face and touch her long red hair 


                                                          
Well at nine thirty-five I thought man a live 
  
F 
What could be a-holding her up 

            C 
Just then a man in a long black Cadillac came in  

         G7 
And told little Joe filler up 

             C 
While he was cleaning off the windows and guess who he saw 
  
       F 
In the back laying soft as rain 

       C        G7              C 
It was Delilah  sipping on pink champagne 

  
                               F                         C 
I drank fifteen beers that's a whole lot of brew for one man 

                                         G7 
When you try to drown a memory from your mind 

           C 
It took me fifteen beers to forget you  

        F 
I don't know how many more to just get 

               C            G7                    C 
While he holds Delilah near I'll drink my fifteen beers 


C                              F                        C 
I drank fifteen beers that's a whole lot of brew in one night 

                                         G7 
When you try to drown a memory from your mind 

           C 
It took me fifteen beers to get here  

        F 
I don't know how many more till I leave 

        C                   G7            C     F  C 
Take my change in tears and drink fifteen beers 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante