Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 16:46:34 -0800
From: jalosa@ix.netcom.com (Jay Alosa)


Squeeze - "Slightly Drunk" from "Cool for Cats"

Slightly Drunk
--------------

D                   G
Slightly drunk once again

D                 G
all alone with my pen

G           A        D
I thought I'd write to you

D   G   A  D        G
How can I say how I feel

D                 G
Falling down on a deal

G         A          D
This last night with you


          F#m                Bm
Is it the cold that makes me shake

       C             D
I just hope that I'm awake

       C          D
I say all right I knew
                      (I knew)
      D                         G
I was wrong            you were right
          (That's a line I cannot find)
        D                      G
I could not            say goodbye
          (to explain just why I lied)

         D                      G
Why's it always        feel the same
          (slightly drunk what you said to me)

       D                         G
I'm in love                 once again
          (come fall in love XXXXXXXX?)

E A G A D

---- solo ----- (These are chords during solo)

D    G
D    Bm
A    F#m
A    F#m
D  A  D

No Chord   D          G
I'm pretty sad but so what

D                        G
I should be glad but I'm not

G      A          D
I'm confused once more

D   G  A    D          G
All tangled up in your love

D                      G
without it now so that tough

G    A         D
My heart cries for


         F#m           Bm
I little talk to anger me

           C            D
Out on the road especially

         C       D
Back to you once more
                      (once more)


      D                         G
I was wrong            you were right
          (That's a line I cannot find)

        D                      G
I could not            say goodbye
          (to explain just why I lied)

         D                      G
Why's it always        feel the same
          (slightly drunk what you said to me)

       D                          G
I'm in love                 once again
          (come fall in love XXXXXXXX?)

E A G A D

D              G
Slightly drunk once again

D         Bm
All alone without friends

A           F#m
Had it all, I know I lied

A           F#m
All my ends seem untied

D            A     D
I cannot say how I feel


D              G
Slightly drunk once again
                                   ("Live" Version?)
D         Bm                    D         Bm A    F#m
All alone without friends       All alone without friends

A           F#m
Had enough, I know I lied

A           F#m
All my ends seem untied

D            A     D
I cannot say how I feel


-Not sure of a few words, not sure of a few chords,
 all suggestions entertained at --> jalosa@ix.netcom.com