Merle Haggard      The Bottle Let Me Down

DEach (xx0232@1)night I leave the barroom when it's over
                                                   ANot (x02220@1)feeling any pain at closing time
ABut (x02220@1)tonight you memory found me much to sober
                                                                       DCouldn't (xx0232@1)drink enough to keep you off my mind

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)                       
Tonight the bottle let me down
                                            Aand (x02220@1)let you memory come around
AThe (x02220@1)one true friend I thought I'd found
                                           DTonight (xx0232@1)the bottle let me down 

DI've (xx0232@1)always had a bottle I could turn to
                                                          AAnd (x02220@1)lately I've been turning everyday
A (x02220@1)                                                     
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
                                                           DAnd (xx0232@1)I'm hurting in an old familiar way

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)                       
Tonight the bottle let down
                                             Aand (x02220@1)let you memory come around
AThe (x02220@1)one true friend I thought I'd found
                                     DTonight (xx0232@1)the bottle let down 
A (x02220@1)                                DTonight (xx0232@1)the bottle let down