{"id":310,"date":"2021-05-10T03:11:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T03:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=310"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:17:05","slug":"friends-in-low-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/friends-in-low-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends in Low Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>by Bud and Blackwell &#8211; Key of A &#8211; Sung by Garth Brooks<br \/>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea63642377c9045879387' value='69ea63642377c9045879387'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea63642377c9045879387' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea63642377c9045879387' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea63642377c9045879387' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea63642377c9045879387' ><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Friends in Low Places was written in 1989 by songwriters Earl Bud Lee and Dewayne Blackwell. The two songwriters had given the song to Brooks to record as a demo soon before the release of his self-titled first album, when he was a relatively unknown singer. Enamored with the song, Brooks recorded the official version the next year.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>This ballad about a cowboy who turns up at the engagement party or wedding reception of an old flame is a crowd pleaser. Brooks introduces it with a four note arpeggio on his acoustic guitar, which inevitably brings roars of applause. After the second verse he invites the audience &#8211; the friends in low places &#8211; to sing the mysterious third verse &#8211; which is only ever performed live, and which contains &#8211; by 21st Century standards &#8211; an extremely mild expletive.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Garth Brooks got his break when he was a shoe salesman in a Nashville store.<br \/>\n\u2022 Released on August 18, 1990 and took only 8 weeks to reach Number One.<\/p>\n<p>PLAY ONLY THE TOP THREE STRINGS ON THE C<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">DIM<\/span>7 CHORD<\/p>\n<p>MAYBE LATER MOVE THIS UP TO THE KEY OF &#8220;E&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ukulele-chords.com\/img\/chord\/baritone_Cdim7_715.png\" width=\"88\" height=\"110\" align=\"right\" \/> <span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Blame it [D] all on my roots: I [C<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">DIM<\/span>7] showed up in boots, and [Em] ruined your black tie affair.\u00a0 The [A]\u00a0 last one to know.\u00a0 The [A7] last one to show &#8211; I was the [D] last one you thought you&#8217;d see there.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>I [D] saw the surprise, and the [C<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">DIM<\/span>7] fear in his eyes, when [Em] I took his glass of [Gm] champagne.\u00a0\u00a0 [A] I toasted you, said &#8220;Honey, [A7] we may be through.\u00a0 But [A] you&#8217;ll never hear me [A7] complain.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/chords\/G\/CH minor.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/chords\/A\/CH 7th.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Well, I [D] guess I was wrong.\u00a0 I [C<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">DIM<\/span>7] just don&#8217;t belong, but [Em] then, I&#8217;ve been there before.\u00a0 [A] Everything&#8217;s all right.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll [A7] just say goodnight, and I&#8217;ll [D] show myself to the door.<br \/>\nHey, [D] I didn&#8217;t mean to [C<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">DIM<\/span>7] cause a big scene.\u00a0 Just [Em] give me an hour and [Gm] then &#8211; &#8211; Well, [A] I&#8217;ll be as high as that [A7] ivory tower [A] that you&#8217;re livin&#8217; [A7] in<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; \u00a0 &#8216;Cause [D] I&#8217;ve got friends in low places, where the [D] whiskey drowns, and the beer chases my [Em] blues away.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll [A] be okay.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah, [D] I&#8217;m not big on social graces.\u00a0 Think I&#8217;ll [D] slip on down to the [D7] oasis, cause, [Em] I&#8217;ve got [A] friends in [D] low places<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>(The Infamous &#8220;Third Verse&#8221;) &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Well, I [D] know I was wrong.\u00a0 I [C<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">DIM<\/span>7] just don&#8217;t belong, but [Em] then, I&#8217;ve been there before.\u00a0 [A] It still is all right.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll [A7] just say goodnight, and I&#8217;ll [D] show myself to the door.<br \/>\n[D] Hey, I didn&#8217;t mean to [C<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">DIM<\/span>7] cause a big scene.\u00a0 Just [Em] wait &#8217;til I finish this [Gm] glass &#8211; &#8211; Then [A] sweet little lady, I&#8217;ll head [A7] back to the Bistro, [A] and you can kiss my [A7] ass.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Yeah\u00a0 [Em] I&#8217;ve got [A] friends in [D] low places.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Bud and Blackwell &#8211; Key of A &#8211; Sung by Garth Brooks \u2022 Garth Brooks got his break when he was a shoe salesman in a Nashville store. \u2022 Released on August 18, 1990 and took only 8 weeks to reach Number One. 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