He only stops in now and then, he only has one beer
D D C – D – G
I remember when he used to spend his every evening here
G G G7 C
Now when he gets up to go home I swear he looks so glad
D D C – D – G
Well it ain’t a very pretty sight when drunks go bad
Chorus:
G C G G
When drunks go bad, it reflects upon us all
C C G D
When you sit beneath the neon beer sign flashing on the wall
Em C G C
When drunks go bad, it’s a low down dirty shame
G Em D G
When he discovered virtue, he gave vice a dirty name
He buys tequila shooters for every blonde in a short tight skirt
And at closing time he’d smuggle out a six pack in his shirt
What he did not know about cheating wouldn’t fill a Dixie cup
With pink champagne and a cheap hotel he whispers bottoms up
Chorus:
When drunks go bad, it reflects upon us all
When you sometimes get the urge to sin and then you heed the call
When drunks go bad, it’s a low down dirty shame
When he discovered virtue, he gave vice a dirty name
Now he goes on home to his wife, begun the social climb
But he asks about us when he stops in here from time to time
And the Pagan saints of wine and lust no longer drive him mad
And all the folks round here just wonder why some drunks go bad
Chorus:
When drunks go bad, it reflects upon us all
When you step onto the dance floor beneath the mirror ball
When drunks go bad, it’s a low down dirty shame
When he discovered virtue, he gave vice a dirty name
