One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer — George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Chords and lyrics for One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer by George Thorogood & The Destroyers (key of B).
Verse 1
[E]Wanna tell you a story
About the house rent blues
I come home one Friday
[E]Had to tell the landlady I done lost my job
She said that don't befront me
Long as I get my money next Friday
[E]Now next Friday come I didn't get the rent
And out the door I went
Verse 2
[E]So I goes to the landlady
I said, "You let me slide?"
I'll have the rent for you tomorrow or the next day I don't know
[E]So said let me slide it on you know people
I notice when I come home in the evenin'
She ain't got nothing nice to say to me
[E]But for five year she was so nice
Lord, she was lovey-dovey
I come home one particular evenin'
[E]The landlady said, "You got the rent money yet?"
I said, "No, can't find no job
Therefore I ain't got no money to pay the rent"
[E]She said "I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job"
Said "I seen you today you was standin' on a corner
Leaning up against a post"
[E]I said "But I'm tired, I been walkin' all day"
She said "That don't befront me
Long as I get my money next Friday"
[E]Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent
And out the door I went
Verse 3
[E]So I go down the streets
Down to my good friend's house
I said "Look man, I'm outdoors, you know
[E]Can I stay wicha maybe a couple days?"
He said "Uh, let me go and ask my wife"
He come out of the house
[E]I could see in his face
I knowed it was "no"
He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, an' all"
[E]I said "I know, everybody funny, now you funny, too"
Verse 4
[E]So I go back home
I tell the landlady I got a job, I'm gonna pay the rent
She said "Yeah?" I said "Aw yeah"
[E]And then she was so nice
Lord, she was lovey-dovey
So I go in my room, pack up my things and I go
[E]I slip on out the back door and down the streets I go
She a-hollerin' about the front rent, she be lucky to get any back rent
She ain't gonna get none of it
Verse 5
[E]So I stop in the local bar, you know, people
I go to the bar, I hang my coat, I call the bartender
I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
[E]Said, "Whatchoo want?"
Chorus 1
[E]"One bourbon, one [B]scotch, one [E]beer"[B]
[E]Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when
I been drinking bourbon whiskey,scotch and gin
Gonna get high man, I'm gonna get loose
[E]Need me a triple shot o' that juice
Gonna get drunk, don't you have no fear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
[E]One bourbon, one [B]scotch, one [E]beer[B]
Verse 6
[E]But I'm sittin' there
At the bar
I'm gettin' drunk, I'm feelin' mellow
[E]I'm drinkin' bourbon, I'm drinkin' scotch, I'm drinkin' beer
Looked down the bar, here come the bartender
I said "Look man, come down here"
[E]Said "Whatchoo want?"
Chorus 2
[E]"One bourbon, one [B]scotch, one [E]beer[B]
[E]No, I ain't seen my baby since the night before last
Gotta get a drink man, I'm gonna get gassed
[E]Gonna get high man, I ain't had enough
Need me a triple shot of that stuff
[E]Gonna get drunk, won'tcha listen right here
I want one bourbon, one shot 'n' one beer
[E]One bourbon, one [B]scotch, one [E]beer" [B](well all right)[E]
Solo
[E](Scratch my back, bay-bah)
(Yeah-ahhh right)
Verse 7
[E]Now by this time I'm plenty high
You know when your mouth a-getting dry, you're plenty high
Looked down the bar, I see'da my bartender
[E]I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
He said "Whatchoo want this time?
I said "Look man, a-what time is it?"
[E]He said "The clock on the wall say three o'clock
Last call for alcohol, so what you need?"
Chorus 3
[E]"One bourbon, one [B]scotch, one [E]beer"[B]
[E]Lord, I ain't seen my baby since a-night on a week
Gotta get drunk man, so I can't even speak
Gonna get high man, listen to me
[E]One drink ain't enough Jack, you better make it three
Gonna get drunk, I'm gonna make it real clear
I want one bourbon, one scotch 'n' one beer
[E]One bourbon, one [B]scotch, one [E]beer"[E][B]
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