"Beer Run" - Todd Snider
Standard Tuning
Capo 2nd Fret
G
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G
all we need is a ten and five-er,
C
A car and key and a sober driver.
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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
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pretty thirsty too
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G D
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
all we need is a ten and five-er,
C
A car and key and a sober driver.
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B-double E double R U-N beer run
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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 D
the guys both took it pretty hard.
G
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oh how happy we would be
C
had we only brought a better fake I.D.
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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".
G
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G D
B-double E double R U-N beer run
G
all we need is a ten and five-er,
C
A car and key and a sober driver.
G D G C G
B-double E double R U-N beer run
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