Dawes - When The Tequila Runs Out
Transcribed by Dusty22884
This is how Dawes plays it acoustically on YouTube, here: https://youtu.be/ymIG3hfKH5Q?t=9m54s
Standard tuning; no capo
Gsus4add9 is only played once, during the interlude, otherwise the chords are the same through the whole song.
The chords are a little weird. Play them like this:
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gsus4add9
E|---3-------3-------3------3
B|---0-------1-------1------1
G|---0-------2-------0------0
D|---0-------3-------2------0
A|---0-------x-------3------0
E|---3-------x-------x------3
[Intro]
Gadd9 Fadd9 C (2x)
[Verse 1]
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
Everyone that greeted me, was moving slow and drinking fast
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
I was lost inside a painting on a wall
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
A pretty baby with a cigarette, was looking for a place to ash
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
Stumbling toward the voices down the hall.
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
They had 'Thriller' on the stereo, not the album, just the song
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
For two dancers all in white, that no one really knew
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
There were a lot of leather jackets, there was a haircut reading palms
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
There was a line outside the bathroom that didn’t really move.
[Chorus]
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be feeling no pain
[Verse 2]
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
Some girls forgot their bathing suits but felt like jumping in the pool
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
Right after making sure the underwater lights were on
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
I was staring at a silhouette, I was blushing like a fool
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
Letting everyone pretend they hadn’t planned it all along
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
Then our host burst out of his bedroom, with his glasses slightly bent
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
He gets up on the diving board to tell us how he feels
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
“Ladies and gentlemen we’ve begun the initial decent,
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
And now it’s time to pull up on the wheel”
[Chorus]
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be feeling no pain
[Interlude]
Gadd9 Gsus4add9 Gadd9 Fmaj7 C (2x)
[Verse 3]
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
On the floor of the living room, I saw my past life passed out
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
Laying next to her handsome new flame
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
I didn’t recognize his face too much, ‘cept for the grimace on his mouth
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
He looked a lot like me, he seemed to be in pain
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
I didn’t hear the picture window break, I didn’t see the rising sun
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
But I could feel the morning breeze
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
Then I heard her tired voice speak up and say “I think this party’s done”
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9
She asked if I could drive her home, and then she added please (Please)
[Chorus]
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be feeling no pain (noo)
[Outro]
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
Gadd9 Fadd9 C
Gadd9 Fadd9 C Gadd9 (Let Ring)
