Death At The Bar Chords

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Death At The Bar by Kitty Wells is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			G                       C 
Listen drunkards to the story I tell 

        G                                        D7 
There's evil in a place where there's whiskey to sell 

G                                 C 
When down the whiskey road you've traveled to far 

G                     D7           G 
Drunkards you'll meet death at the bar 


C                          G 
Why the misery of death in sin 

G                                       D7 
When Jesus is pleading for your soul to win 

   C                                   G 
If down the whiskey road you travel to far 

G                     D7           G 
Drunkards you'll meet death at the bar 


G                          C 
This story I'll tell about one who died 

    G                              D7 
The bar he had gone for whiskey to buy 

G                       C 
The poisonous drink has weaken his heart 

G                     D7          G 
When poor drunkard he died at the bar 


C                          G 
Why the misery of death in sin 

G                                       D7 
When Jesus is pleading for your soul to win 

   C                                   G 
If down the whiskey road you travel to far 

G                     D7           G 
Drunkards you'll meet death at the bar 


G                            C 
There's coming a time you'll have to face 

    G                                        D7 
The great day of judgment then what will you say 

G                      C 
The whiskey on you has left a scar 

G                    D7           G 
Drunkard you'll meet death at the bar 


C                          G 
Why the misery of death in sin 

G                                       D7 
When Jesus is pleading for your soul to win 

   C                                   G 
If down the whiskey road you travel to far 

G                     D7           G 
Drunkards you'll meet death at the bar 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante