Intro:  
  
B    E (2x's)  
  
  
B                  E             B                    E  
I can make anybody pretty, I can make you believe any lie  
      B               Bb        G#m       B/F#       F#  
I can make you pick a fight with somebody twice your size  
B                              E  
I've been known to cause a few breakups  
B                              E  
I've been known to cause a few births  
      B           Bb   G#m          B/F#        F# (F#sus F#)   
I can make you new friends or get you fired from work  
  
(Chorus 1)  
              B             E       B                      E  
And since the day I left Milwaukee, Lynchburg and Bordeaux France    
          E          B/D# G#m         B/F#                                    
I've been making the bars lots of big money   
C#m                       F#  F#7 
And helping white people dance       
  B                     E                B                      E  
I got you in trouble in High School, but college now that was a ball  
        E           B/D#              C#m     B           F#  
You had some of the best times you'll never remember with me  
     B  E     B  E  
Alcohol! Alcohol!  
  
      B                        E  
I got blamed at your wedding reception   
         B                        E  
For your best man’s embarrassing speech  
    B        Bb         G#m         B/F#        F#  (F#7) 
And also for those naked pictures of you at the beach  
     B                          E  
I've influenced kings and world leaders   
         B                         E  
I helped Hemmingway write like he did               
         B         Bb          G#m        B/F#   
And I'll bet you a drink or two that I can make you   
F#                          F#7 
Put that lamp shade on your head 
  
(Chorus 2)  
                B             E       B                       E  
Cause since the day I left Milwaukee, Lynchburg and Bordeaux France                      
          B        Bb         G#m             B/F#         
I've been making a fool out of folks just like you   
C#m                      F#  
And helping white people dance                           
     B                 E            B                       E  
I am medicine and I am poison I can help you up or make you fall  
        E           B/D#              C#m     B           F#  (F#7) 
You had some of the best times you'll never remember with me  
      B  E 
Alcohol!   

                                                              
(Repeat Chorus 1)