How To Play I Drink Alone by George Thorogood

Below on this page I'll explain to you how to play I Drink Alone by George Thorogood. Also on this page you'll find my demo video clip and free tabs in the lower right hand menu.

This song was a single George Thorogood released back in 1985 from the album Maverick. It peaked at #13 which was higher than the other two singles which peaked in the 20's.

George Thorogood and The Destroyers has never had a #1 hit in nearly 40 years of churning out the tunes. He came close in 1988 with his hit "Bad To The Bone" in 1988 which peaked at #3 and again in 1993 with "Get A Haircut" which made it to #2. His album, "The Dirty Dozen", did hit #1 in 2009 on the blues chart.

This is is a classy blues tune which only has 3 chords. What I do in this one is combine the guitar and horn break into a single break for the guitar.

Check out the live performance from the video in the right hand menu.



This is a pretty simple song chord wise as all you need is an E, C and D chord. And it has one rhythm pattern. I have put a combined lead break into one break which is explained fully in my full instructional tutorial.

                 
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As I mention in my tutorial, you can play all down strokes in this one or use a combo of dn-up-dn-up-dn-up-1-2-3 where the 1-2-3 is all down strokes picking the A, A# and B notes as a riff in the rhythm pattern.

Grab the free tab in the right menu which you may find helpful.

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