Misery and Gin Chords
Misery and Gin by Merle Haggard is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords F, Bb, G7, C/G, C, C/B, C/Bb, C/E, Cm, G, C7, A, Dm, Dm/C and Dm/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse 1:
F
Memories and drinks don't mix too well.
Bb G7
And jukebox records don't play those wedding bells.
C/G
Starin' at the world through the bottom of a glass,
F C C/B C/Bb C/E
All I see is a man who's fading fast.
Verse 2:
F
Tonight I need that woman again.
Bb G7
What I'd give for my baby to just walk in.
C/G
Sit down beside me and say it's alright.
F C C/B C/Bb C/E
Take me home and make sweet love to me tonight.
F Cm Bb G
But here I am again, mixin' misery and gin.
C C7 F
Sittin' with all my friends and talkin' to myself.
Bb A Dm Dm/C Dm/B G7
I look like I'm havin' a good time but any fool can tell,
F Bb C F C C/B C/Bb C/E
That this Honkytonk Heaven really makes ya' feel like hell.
Verse 3:
F
I light a lonely womans cigarette,
Bb G7
We both start talkin' 'bout what we want to forget.
C
Her life story and mine are the same.
F C C/B C/Bb C/E
We both lost someone and only have ourselves to blame.
Chorus