Drinking Champagne chords by Willie Nelson

• The intended audience for Drinking Champagne chords is the intermediate level player.

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

F#m7  2x2222
F#m  xx4222

 E*   E
e|4-2-0-0-0-|
B|5-0-0-2-0-|
G|4-4-4-2-1-|
D|--------2-|
A|--------2-|
E|--------0-|
 E*Riff

🎸 Intro:
 E   B  G#m         B            B7        B       E
e|4-2-4-2\0--0-0---0------------------------4-2-0-2~------------------------------------0-0----|
B|---------------4---4br-2-2-4-2~0-0--0-2-4---------4/7-7-7-5-4-5-4-2-4-2-0---------------0----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------2-2-2-1-------1----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3/4---2----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----|

🎸 Verse 1:
E        B   E          B       B7
I'm drinking champagne feeling no pain till early morning
F#m7          B            E   E  B
Dining and dancing with every pretty girl I can find
    E                          F#m   B7
And I'm having a fling with a pretty young thing till early morning
F#m7   F#m      B           E
Knowing tomorrow  I'll wake up with you on my mind
E       B   E   B        E
Guilty conscience I guess though I must confess
 B                 E*
I never loved you much when you were mine

🎸 Verse 2:
E             B   E          B       B7
So I'll keep drinking champagne feeling no pain till early morning
F#m7          B            E   E  B
Dining and dancing with every pretty girl I can find
E                          B    B7
Having a fling with a pretty young thing till early morning
F#m7   F#m      B           E
Knowing tomorrow  I'll wake up with you on my mind

🎸 Instrumental:
 E   B  G#m          B           B7        B       E
e|4-2-4-2\0--0-0---0---------------------------2-0--------------------------------------0-0----|
B|---------------4---4br-2-2-4-2~---0-0--0-2-4-----4~-7-7-7-5-4-5-4-2-4-2-0---------------0----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------2-2-2-1-------1----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3/4---2----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----|

 E   B  G#m          B           B7        B       E
e|4-2-4-2\0--0-0---0---------------------------2-0--------------------------------------0-0----|
B|---------------4---4br-2-2-4-2~---0-0--0-2-4-----4~-7-7-7-5-4-5-4-2-4-2-0---------------0----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------2-2-2-1-------1----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3/4---2----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----|

E       B   E   B        E
Guilty conscience I guess though I must confess
 B                 E*
I never loved you much when you were mine

🎸 Outro:
E             B   E          B       B7
So I'll keep drinking champagne feeling no pain till early morning
F#m7          B            E   E  B
Dining and dancing with every pretty girl I can find
     E                          B    B7
I'll keep having a fling with a pretty young thing till early morning
F#m7   F#m      B           E
Knowing tomorrow  I'll wake up with you on my mind

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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato

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