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      One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – John Lee Hooker
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Written by: Rudy Toombs
From: "Chill Out" (1995)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Turnaround]
  E                      B7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|-----4---3---2--|1---------------|
D|----6-6-5-5-4-4-|2---------------|
A|----------------|--0-1-2---------|
E|----------------|----------------|
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[Intro]
| E | % | A | % |
| E | B | A | E | E B |
             (= turnaround)
[Chorus]
E            B B           A A              | E | E B |
 One bourbon ... one scotch ... and one beer (= turnaround)
[Verse]
E                     E
 Hey mister bartender, come here
  E                       E
I want another drink and I want it now
   E                        E
My girl, she gone, she been gone two night
  E                         E
I ain't seen the girl since night before last
E                          E
Wanna get drunk and get her off my mind
E            B B           A A              | E | E B |
 One bourbon ... one scotch ... and one beer (= turnaround)
[Verse]
E                     E
 And then I sit there, drinkin’
        E             E
Gettin’ stoned, yeah, yeah
E               E
 In the bar [¿], looked on the wall
E                          E
 At the bartender, I said "Hey!"
E
 "What do you want?"
E            B B           A A              | E | E B |
 One bourbon ... one scotch ... and one beer (= turnaround)
[Verse]
E                        E
 Well the girl, she gone, gone two night
  E                         E
I haven’t seen the girl since night before last
E                          E
Wanna get drunk and get her off my mind
E            B B           A A              | E | E B |
 One bourbon ... one scotch ... and one beer (= turnaround)
[Verse]
E
 Yeah, I sit there, gettin’ stoned
E
 Mellow
E
 Feels so good, so good
E
 I look down the bar at the bartender
E
 And: “Hey, hey!”
E
 "What do you want?"
E            B B           A A              | E | E B |
 One bourbon ... one scotch ... and one beer (= turnaround)
[Verse]
E                        E
 Well the girl, she gone, gone two night
  E                         E
I haven’t seen the girl since night before last
E                          E
Wanna get drunk and get her off my mind
E            B B           A A              | E | E B |
 One bourbon ... one scotch ... and one beer (= turnaround)
[Verse]
E
 Then I sit there, drinkin’
E
 At the wall, lift my head
E
 Looked on the wall, at the clock on the wall
E                          E
 Bartender, call, too [¿]
E
 "Last call for alcohol"
E
 I look down the bar at the bartender
E
 And: “Hey!”
E
 "What do you want?"
E            B B           A A              | E | E B |      E7
 One bourbon ... one scotch ... and one beer (= turnaround) 
        
                