I Love You Like An Alcoholic (acoustic) Chords

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I Love You Like An Alcoholic (acoustic) by The Taxpayers is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro 

Rhythm 

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E|------------4-------4-3-------3-2--------------------------------| 

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                            this mute on 5th fret 
e|-1-----1-----1---0--1--3--X--------------------------------------| 
B|-1-------1-------0--1--3--X--------------------------------------| 
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Lead/Melody 

e|-5--7-8-7-5p0--0---0---0---0-------------------------------------| 
B|-5-------------4\5-4\5-4\5-4\5-----------------------------------| 
G|-5---------------------------------------------------------------|       
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e|-5--7-8-7-5--5\12-10-8-7-----------------------------------------| 
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e|-5--7-8-7-5p0----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-5-------------------3-1-0---------------------------------------| 
G|-5-------------5p4p2---------------------------------------------| 
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Verse 

Heavy humid night. Corner of Park and Main 
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Cast that first glance: your smile, my veins 
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at maximum capacity, blood pumping so fast 
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My girl, if looks gave heart attacks 
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The dangerous men in the shadows were like an audience 
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and even the meanest among them had a special little shine in their eyes 
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when they saw us              walk by 
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Walked about twenty blocks talking about good bars and better towns than this one 
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Kissed that first night, and then the rain opened up the sky to get 
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E|-1---------------0--1--3--X--------------------------------------| 


Chorus 

One last kiss. I love you like an alcoholic 
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One last kiss. I love you like a statuette 
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One last kiss. I need you like I need a broken leg 
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G|-2---------2-----1--2--4--X--------------------------------------| 
D|-3---------------2--3--5--X--------------------------------------| 
A|-3---------------2--3--5--X--------------------------------------| 
E|-1---------------0--1--3--X--------------------------------------| 



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| p  Pull-off 
| /  Slide up 
| \  Slide down 
| X  Dead note 

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Lyrics: 

Verse 

Heavy humid night. Corner of Park and Main. 
Cast that first glance: your smile, my veins 
at maximum capacity, blood pumping so fast. 
My girl, if looks gave heart attacks. 
The dangerous men in the shadows were like an audience, 
and even the meanest among them had a special little shine in their eyes 
when they saw us walk by. 
Walked about twenty blocks talking about good bars and better towns than this one. 
Kissed that first night, and then the rain opened up the sky to get 


Chorus 

One last kiss. I love you like an alcoholic. 
One last kiss. I love you like a statuette.  
One last kiss. I need you like I need a broken leg. 


Verse 

I was getting off the late shift, attempting to recover. 
Crumpled up the bus pass and tossed it into the gutter. 
Some handsome dark stranger, you were standing there on the corner. 
You had those compelling magnetized eyes that you must have lost when you got older. 
Seven blocks in, my fingers brushed your hand; 
I blushed and you laughed, but you seemed a little sad. 
I ain't one to jump a ship, but I absolutely knew – 
I was six steps in when I fell into you. 


Chorus 

One last kiss. I love you like a broken pot.  
One last kiss. I love you like a pack of dogs.  
One last kiss. I need you like I need a gaping head wound. 

One last kiss. I love you like an like an alcoholic.  
One last kiss. I love you like a negligee. 
One last kiss. I need you like I need a broken leg 
    	

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