Corb Lund Band – Pour Em Kinda Strong chords

Tuning:  Drop D


Intro:  Strum D and F


                          F          DBartender, I know youre a reasonable man

                       F           DLooks like you got the run of this place

                          F              DSet me up a round so that I can see your hands

                       F                 DAnd wipe the goddamned smile off of your face

   GIm sure you must have heard of me, Im lightning with my Smith

                  F                     DAnd my reputation burns all through the west

                                          F              DSo if you know what is good for you, shut up and get the whiskey

                                 F               DAnd not that trade stuff, I want nothin but your best


Chorus:


    D                          G              DAnd pour em kinda strong cause I wont be here long

    F#m                        G       A     DYou best not do me wrong, just pour em kinda strong

  D                             F              D I aint got time to savour em, I gotta drink em quick

D               F          DIve conveyed my urgency, I hope

D                                     F             D     If they catch me its all over, Ill be way on up the creek

D                         F              DAnd Ill be swingin on the wrong end of a rope

GThe posses been behind me now for six or seven days

     D                  F            DOnly two hours back and chewin on my dust

  D                               F              DI got a powerful thirst I come in here to try to slake

   D              F                DSo serve it up or draw down if you must


Repeat Chorus


Instrumental Break:

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e|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------3-------------------------|G|---10p7----7-----7-------------------6---------2-------------------------|D|---------------------10p7-----7----------------0-------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------0-----0------------0---------------------------------------------|


Or something like that.  Play with it.


                                     F               DWell I wasn’t really watchin you, my eyes was on the door

D                               FImagine my surprise to hear the cock

        D                        F                 DOf that .32 that left me here to bleed out on your floor

   D               F               DIm too far gone to bother with the doc

       GWell I wasnt really watchin you, my eyes was to the east

                           F               DYou know, to dull the pain I could use one more

    D                        F              DYou surely wont deny a man a dyin drink at least

   D                          F            DIm awful embarrassed at how I spoke to you before

   D                          G               D So pour em kinda strong cause I won’t be here long

        F#m                           G        A     DMister, please dont do me wrong, just pour em kinda strong

                            F              DYou surely wont deny a dyin man a drink at least

                              F            DIm awful embarrassed at how I spoke to you before


Outro:  Same as instrumental break