Too Sober To Sleep Chords

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Too Sober To Sleep by NQ Arbuckle is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Csus2, Am, Em, B7, D and G/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			Intro: G        C        G       Csus2 

G                           
God bless those girls from Barcelona 
C                           
who smelled of roses and cocaine 
G 
I hope they know their parents miss them 
C                          
So do the sunny shores of Spain 

G                              C 
I miss them dancing in the kitchen 
Am                            Em 
I Miss that long, stoned goodbye 
B7                    C 
I'm too sober to sleep 
D                      G 
But I'm too drunk to cry 

G 
God bless that famous painter's daughter 
C 
Someone I loved so long ago 
G 
Jane were sorry about your mother 
C 
I just thought id let you know 

G                                 C 
We miss you downtown, walking backwards 
Am                              Em 
We Miss those snowbanks in your eyes 
B7                  C 
I'm too sober to sleep 
D                    G   
But I'm too drunk to cry 

Break 
G      C       G       Csus2        x2 

G 
God bless garage bands in the basement 
C 
God bless garage bands up on  stage 
G 
And God bless the boys of Lincoln county 
C 
Those Irish Catholics, they never age 

G                              C 
God damn my liver when it's thirsty 
Am                           Em 
God damn my wallet when it's dry 
B7                  C 
I'm too sober to sleep 
D                    G   G/F# 
But I'm too drunk to cry 
Em               C 
I'm too sober to sleep 
D                 G 
But I'm too drunk to cry 

Ending 
G      C       G       Csus2        x2 
    	

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