When I Drink
By The Avett Brothers
Verse 1
Whe
C
n I dri
Am
nk,
F
I say things I
G
don't wanna sa
Am
y
C
F
I do things i
G
don't wanna d
C
o
C/B
Am
F
I talk mean to
G
you.
C
But if I t
Am
hink,
F
I just might get
G
something out of thi
Am
s
C
F
My parents taught me to
G
learn when i
C
miss
C/B
Am
F
Just do your
G
best.
Am
Just do your
C
best.
Chorus
It
Em
's the only way to keep that
Dm
last bit of sanity
Am
Maybe I don't have to be
G
good but I can try to be
at
F
least a little better than I've
G
been so far.
Verse 2
C
But when I dr
Am
ink,
F
I hear things that a
G
ren't really the
Am
re
C
F
I feel things when i sh
G
ouldn't really
C
care
C/B
Am
Have
F
fist fights with the
G
air.
C
But if I thi
Am
nk,
F
about someone
G
besides my
Am
self
C
F
I lived through the si
G
lver and the
C
bell
C/B
Am
F
With something to
G
tell
Am
Just do your
C
best
Chorus *
It
Em
's the only way to keep that
Dm
last bit of sanity
Am
Maybe I don't have to be
G
good but I can try to be
at
F
least a little better than I've
G
been so far.
Verse 3
C
But when I d
Am
rink,
F
I spend the next
G
morning in a
Am
haze
C
F
But we only g
G
et so many
C
days
C/B
Am
F
Now I have one
G
less
Am
Just do your
C
best.
Chorus *
It
Em
's the only way to keep that
Dm
last bit of sanity
Am
Maybe I don't have to be
G
good but I can try to be
at
F
least a little better than I've
G
been so far.
Outro
Oh, at
F
least a little better than I've
G
been so far.
C