Beer Run — Todd Snider
Chords and lyrics for Beer Run by Todd Snider (key of G).
Verse
[G]B-double E double R U-N beer run
[G]B-double E double R U-N [D]beer run
[G]all we need is a ten and five-er,
[C]A car and key and a sober driver.
[G]B-double E double [D]R U-N [G][C]beer[G] [G][C]run[G][C][G][G]
[G]A couple of frat guys from Abilene
[D]drove out all night to see Robert Earl Keen
[E]at the K-PIG Swine and Soire Dance.
[C]They wore baseball caps and khaki pants.
[G]They wanted cigarettes,
[D]so to save a little money
[G]They bummed one off this hippie
[C]That smelled kinda funny.
[G]And next thing they knew they were
[D]both pretty hungry and
[A]pretty thirsty too[D]
Chorus
[G]B-double E double R U-N beer run
[G]B-double E double R U-N [D]beer run
[G]all we need is a ten and five-er,
[C]A car and key and a sober driver.
[G]B-double E double [D]R U-N [G][C]beer[G] [G][C]run[G][C][G][G]
Verse
[G]They found a store with a sign that said their beer was coldest.
[D]So they sent in Brad 'cause he looked the oldest.
[E]He got a case of beer and a candy bar,
[C]walked over to where all the registers are
[G]laid his fake I.D. on the
[D]counter top.
[G]The clerk looked, and turned to
[C]look back up and stopped.
[G]He said "Son, I ain't gonna call the
[D]cops, but I'm gonna have to keep this card"
[A]the guys both took it pretty hard.[D]
Chorus
[G]B-double E double R U-N beer run
[G]B-double E double R U-N [D]beer ru-un
[G]oh how happy we would be
[C]had we only brought a better fake I.D.
[G]B-double E double [D]R [G][C]U-N-beer[G] [G]run[G][C][G][G][C]
Verse
[G]They met another old hippie named Sleepy John,
[D]claimed to be the one from the Robert Earl song.
[E]So they gave him all their cash, he bought them some brews.
[C]Was a beautiful day out in Santa Cruz
[G]They were feelin' so good it
[D]Should of been a crime.
[G]The crowd was cool,
[C]and the band was prime.
[G]They made it back up front to their seats
[D]Just in time to they could sing with all their friends
[A]"the road goes on forever and the
[D]party never ends".
Chorus
[G]B-double E double R U-N beer run
[G]B-double E double R U-N [D]beer run
[G]all we need is a ten and five-er,
[C]A car and key and a sober driver.
[G]B-double E double [D]R U-N [G][C]beer[G] run
[G]B-double E double [D]R U-N [G][C]beer[G] [G][C]run[G][C][G][G]
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