Drunk by Ed Sheeran discusses trying to get over a breakup through drinking, yet realizing it doesnt help in forgetting the loved one. Its an honest expression of Sheerans post-relationship emotions and the struggle to move on.
Key: G
Introduction:
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G
I wanna be drunk when I wake up
D/F#
Em
On the right side of the wrong bed And every excuse I made up
C
What didn't kill me
D
G
It never made me stronger at all.
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Love will scar your make-up lip sticks to me
D/F#
Em
So now I'll maybe leave back there
C
I'm sat here wishing I was sober
D
G
I know I'll never hold you like I used to.
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D
But our house gets cold when you cut the heating
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C
Without you to hold I'll be freezing
Em
D
Can't rely on my heart to beat it
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C
'Cause you take part of it every evening
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D
Take words out of my mouth just from breathing
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C
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Replace with phrases like when you're leaving me.
D/A
C
Should I, should I?
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Maybe I'll get drunk again
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I'll be drunk again
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I'll be drunk again
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D
To feel a little love
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I wanna hold your heart in both hands
D/F#
Em
I'll watch it fizzle at the bottom of a Coke can And I've got no plans for the weekend
C
Keep it between friends
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Though I know you'll never love me like you used to.
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There maybe other people like us
D/F#
Em
You see the flicker of the clipper when they light up
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Flames just create us, burns don't heal like before
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You don't hold me anymore.
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D
On cold days Coldplay's out like the band's the name
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C
I know I can't heal things with a hand shake
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D
You know I can't change as I began saying
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C
You cut me wide open like landscape
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D
Open bottles of beer but never champagne
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C
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We'll applaud you with the sound that my hands make.
D/A
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Should I, should I?
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Maybe I'll get drunk again
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I'll be drunk again
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I'll be drunk again
C
D
To feel a little love
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All by myself I'm here again
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All by myself You know I'll never change
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All by myself
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D
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All by myself
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I'm just drunk again
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I'll be drunk again
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I'll be drunk again
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D
To feel a little love D/A is a regular D chord just with accent on bass A.