[INTRO]
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|
[CHORUS]
Could have been the whiskey Might have been the gin
Could have been the three or four six packs I don't know
But look at the mess I'm in my head's a-like a football
I think I'm gonna die
Tell me me oh me oh my Wasn't that a party?
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb Bb F F C C (ring) F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3~~~~~~~|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
[VERSE]
Someone took a grapefruit Wore it like a hat
I saw someone under my kitchen table talking to my old tom cat
They was talking about hockey The cat was talking back
Long about then everything went black Wasn't that a party?
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb Bb F F C C (ring) F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3~~~~~~~|--------|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
[BRIDGE]
I'm sure it's just my memory Playing tricks on me
But I think I saw my buddy cutting down my neighbour's tree
C~~~~~~~
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|----0-2-|--2-0---|--------|--------|
A:1-------|1-------|----3---|----3---|--2-----|------2-|3-3-3-3-|3-------|
E:--3-1-3-|--3-1-3-|--------|--------|3-------|--------|--------|--------|
[CHORUS]
Could have been the whiskey Might have been the gin
Could have been the three or four six packs I don't know
But look at the mess I'm in my head's a-like a football
I think I'm gonna die
Tell me me oh me oh my Wasn't that a party?
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-1-0---|
A:----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb Bb F F C C (ring)
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
[INSTRUMENTAL]
(Piano solo)
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-0---0-|3-0---0-|------0-|3-1-0---|--------|--------|------0-|3-0---0-|
A:----3---|----3---|--0-3---|------3-|1-------|1-------|--0-3---|----3---|
E:--------|--------|1-------|--------|--3-1-3-|--3-1-3-|1-------|--------|
(Sax solo)
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--0-1-2-|3-------|3-0-----|------0-|3-0---0-|------0-|3-0---0-|
A:3-0---0-|1-------|----0-3-|----3-0-|--0-3---|----3---|--0-3---|----3---|
E:----3---|--------|--1-----|--------|1-------|--------|1-------|--------|
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|------0-|3-0---0-|--------|--------|------0-|3-1-0---|
A:1---1---|1-------|--0-3---|----3---|3-0---0-|1-------|--0-3---|------3-|
E:--3---3-|--3-1-3-|1-------|--------|----3---|--3-1-3-|1-------|--------|
[BRIDGE]
Billy Joe and Tommy Well they went a little far
They was sitting in the back yard blowing on the siren
From somebody's police car
Bb Bb F F G (let ring) C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|3 |
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------|
[VERSE]
So you see your honor It was all in fun
That little bitty track meet down on Main Street was just to
See if the cops could run
Well they run us in to see you In an alcoholic haze
I sure could use those thirty days to recover from the party
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb Bb F F C C (ring) F F
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|
A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3~~~~~~~|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
[CHORUS] (Key Change)
Could have been the whiskey Might have been the gin
Could have been the three or four six packs I don't know
But look at the mess I'm in my head is like a football
I think I'm gonna die
Tell me me oh me oh my Wasn't that a party?
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------2-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--3-5---|
C C G G D D (ring) G G
G:--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|----0-2-|--2-0---|0-0-0-0-|0~~~~~~~|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|
A:3-0---0-|3-0---0-|--2-----|------2-|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:----3---|----3---|3-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
[CODA]
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
C C G G D D (ring) G G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|
A:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|5~~~~~~~|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Tabbed by Michael Oxner
moxner@nbnet.nb.ca