Intro: B5 G5 D5 G5 B5 She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette A5 D5 G5 A5 She broke his heart he spent his whole life trying to forget B5 A5 D5 We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time B5 A5 D5 But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind A5 Until tonight... Chorus 1: D5 G5 A5 He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger B5 A5 G5 And finally drank away her memory D5 A5 Life is short but this time it was bigger B5 A5 G5 Than the strength he had to get up off his knees D5 A5 They found him with his face down in the pillow B5 A5 G5 With a note that said I'll love her til I die D5 A5 And when we buried him beneath the willow G5 B5 The angel's sang a whiskey lullaby B5 G5 La la la la la la la, La la la la la la la B5 G5 La la la la la la la, La la la la la la la D5 G5 B5 The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself A5 D5 G5 A5 For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath B5 A5 D5 She finally drank her pain away a little at a time B5 A5 D5 But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind A5 Until the night... Chorus 2: D5 G5 A5 She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger B5 A5 G5 And finally drank away his memory D5 A5 Life is short but this time it was bigger B5 A5 G5 Than the strength she had to get up off her knees D5 A5 We found her with her face down in the pillow B5 A5 G5 Clinging to his picture for dear life D5 A5 We laid her next to him beneath the willow G5 B5 While angel's sang a whiskey lullaby B5 G5 B5 G5 La la la la la la la, La la la la la la la (repeat to fade)
