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Friends in Low Places

Garth Brooks · 1990

Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks (1990) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Oh, I've got friends in low places
  • Well, I guess I was wrong
  • I just don't belong
  • But then, I've been there before

Echo the hook

  • And the beer chases my blues away
  • And I'll be okay
  • I'm not big on social graces
  • Think I'll slip on down to the Oasis
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Iup in boots

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Said,we may be through

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm not big ongraces

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Toa big scene

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And the beer chases myaway

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

But, doesknow the words of that verse?

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I showed up in boots

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I took his glass of champagne

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Said, "Honey, we may be through

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I've got friends in low places

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm not big on social graces

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? up in boots

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But ? never hear me complain"

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But then, I've been ? before

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And the beer ? my blues away

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Well, in that ? I think

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "i'll" in the whole song?

"i'll"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "i've" in the whole song?

"i've"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • And the beer chases my blues away
  • Blame it all on my roots
  • Just wait 'til I finish this glass

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • And the beer chases my blues away, yeah
  • I showed up in boots
  • You're exactly right

Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "Friends in Low Places" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 27

Compare "Friends in Low Places" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 28

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Friends in Low Places", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you'd→
  • you'll→
  • i've→
  • i'll→
  • i'm→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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