Drinkin And Dreamin Chords
Drinkin And Dreamin by Waylon Jennings is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and Cmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
CAPO #2
C C C C
C
Everybody's looking for some way in,
F C
I'm looking for some way out.
I've been wasting my time, standing in line,
G C
If this is what it's all about.
C
All I got is a job that I don't like,
F C
And a woman that don't understand.
So tonight at the bar, I'll get in my car,
G C
And take off for the Promised Land.
F C Cmaj7 C
Drinkin' and dreamin', knowing damn well I can't go,
G C Cmaj7 C
I'll never see Texas, L.A. or ol' Mexico.
F C Cmaj7 C
But here at this table, I'm able to leave it behind.
G C Cmaj7 C
Drink till I'm dreamin', a thousand miles out of my mind.
*break*
G G C C
C
This suit and this tie, is just a disguise,
F C
This ain't really me.
Some people are born to be tied down,
G C
Some people are born to be free.
C
When I look down the road, she don't know,
F C
How it gets under my skin.
She's got my body, but my heart and soul,
G C
Are out there riding the wind.
F C Cmaj7 C
Drinkin' and dreamin', knowing damn well I can't go,
G C Cmaj7 C
I'll never see Texas, L.A. or ol' Mexico.
F C Cmaj7 C
But here at this table, I'm able to leave it behind.
G C Cmaj7 C
Drink till I'm dreamin', a thousand miles out of my mind.
F C Cmaj7 C
Drinkin' and dreamin', knowing damn well I can't go,
G C Cmaj7 C
I'll never see Texas, L.A. or ol' Mexico.
F C Cmaj7 C
But here at this table, I'm able to leave it behind.
G C Cmaj7 C
Drink till I'm dreamin', a thousand miles out of my mind.