Tube-r 13 Chicken- this guy gets me every time. Avett Brothers Cover

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I LOVE this song, one I play all the time on my ukulele.
I love 13 chickens videos.
I love them the most when he and his sister play in them.
And I love his silly dog.
All this equals another winner here.
When I Drink- Avett Brothers cover
 
I am an idiot- mods, please move this to the Videos section- got all excited and posted it in the wrong spot (sigh)
 
Wow, great stuff! Thanks for the hookup.
 
I really love this song. They did an amazing job on it!
 
Any video that has un-scripted cameos by a dog are okay by me.
 
Matt's a great guy too. Be sure to check out his other vids, he's got some great ones. My favorite might be the "song for everybody"
You beat me to it, brother!
I was gonna say that Matt is one of the best folks, out of MANY best folks!, that I had the absolute pleasure to meet at UWC (and a big thank you to YOU, Sir Mike, of course, for the opportunity!), and is sickeningly talented and fantastic.

And "Song For Everybody" is one of the best songs I know... and I sing it at least once a week.
It sums up exactly how I feel about life.
 
This is great!! I showed it to my 79 year old mother and she loved it. I tried to google it and you tube it and your post on UU was the only one that popped up even close to this video. Wonder why I can't find it anywhere else.
 
I think it might be in the key of C. I have the chord progressions for guitar for it.
 
what is the name of that song? I have never heard it before.
 
Here is the tune folks- this is the key the Avett Brothers do it in. The chord changes come out all wonky when I post, and Oldephart told me how to fix that, but I forgot...listen to it and sing along, it is not real hard to play


C Am F G Am C
When I drink, I say things I don't wanna say
F G C C/B Am
I do things i don't wanna do
F G
I talk mean to you.
C Am F G Am C
But if I think, I just might get something out of this
F G C C/B Am
My parents taught me to learn when i miss
F G
Just do your best.
Am C
Just do your best.


Chorus:

Em Dm
It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Am G
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
F G
at least a little better than I've been so far.


Verse 2:

C Am F G Am C
But when I drink, I hear things that aren't really there
F G C C/B Am
I feel things when i shouldn't really care
F G
Have fist fights with the air.
C Am F G Am C
But if I think, about someone besides myself
F G C C/B Am
I lived through the silver and the bell
F G
With something to tell
Am C
Just do your best


Chorus:

Em Dm
It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Am G
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
F G
at least a little better than I've been so far.


Verse 3:

C Am F G Am C
But when I drink, I spend the next morning in a haze
F G C C/B Am
But we only get so many days
F G
Now I have one less
Am C
Just do your best.


Chorus:

Em Dm
It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Am G
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
F G
at least a little better than I've been so far.
F G C
Oh, at least a little better than I've been so far.
 
And here is the original- nice, got Matt some new fans, and got the Avett Brothers some new ones as well- it is a cracker of a tune for any of us that have been there innit?
 
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