[INTRO]

  Bm       Bm       G        G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|



[VERSE]
              D                  G                              Bm
  She put him out       like the burning end of a midnight cigarette
      A         D                G                                 A
  She broke his heart         he spent his whole life trying to forget

  D        G        Bm    A  D        G        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

     Bm                          A     D
  We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
         Bm                     A        D
  But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
            A
  Until the night...

  Bm    A  D        Bm    A  D        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|0-------|--------|0-------|--------|
A:2-----4-|--------|2-----4-|--------|0-------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|



[CHORUS]
               D                                A
  He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
      Bm                          G
  And finally drank away her memory
  D                                  A
  Life is short but this time it was bigger
           Bm                                G
  Than the strength he had to get up off his knees

  D        A        Bm       G        D        A        Bm       G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:0--00---|--------|--------|--------|0--00---|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|0--00---|2--22---|--------|--------|0--00---|2--22---|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|3--33---|--------|--------|--------|3--33---|


       D                                   A
  They found him with his face down in the pillow
         Bm                                 G 
  With a note that said I'll love her til I die
      D                              A
  And when we buried him beneath the willow
      G                           Bm
  The angel's sang a whiskey lullaby

  D        A        Bm       G        D        A        G       
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:0--00---|--------|--------|--------|0--00---|--------|--------|
A:--------|0--00---|2--22-0-|--------|--------|0--00---|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|3--33---|--------|--------|3-------|



[BRIDGE]
  Bm                   Bm                     G
     La la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la 
  Bm                   Bm                     G
     La la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la 

  Bm       Bm       G        Bm       Bm       G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:2--22---|2--22---|--------|2--22---|2--22---|--------|
E:------2-|------2-|3---3---|------2-|--------|3---3---|


[VERSE]
             D                  G                                Bm
  The rumors flew         but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
                D               G                                A
  For years and years       she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath

  D        G        Bm    A  D        G        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:0---0---|--------|--------|0---0---|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|2---2-4-|--------|--------|0---0---|
E:--------|3---3---|--------|--------|3---3---|--------|

      Bm                            D
  She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
          Bm                              D
  But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
            A
  Until the night...

  Bm    A  D        Bm    A  D        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|0---0---|--------|0---0---|--------|
A:2---2-4-|--------|2---2-4-|--------|0---0---|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|


[CHORUS]
               D                                 A
  She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
      Bm                          G
  And finally drank away his memory
  D                                  A
  Life is short but this time it was bigger
           Bm                                 G
  Than the strength she had to get up off her knees

  D        A        Bm       G        D        A        Bm       G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:0--00---|--------|--------|--------|0--00---|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|0--00---|2--22-0-|--------|--------|0--00---|2--22-0-|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|3--33---|--------|--------|--------|3--33---|

     D                                   A
  We found her with her face down in the pillow
  Bm                               G 
  Clinging to his picture for dear life
     D                                A
  We laid her next to him beneath the willow
        G                           Bm
  While angel's sang a whiskey lullaby

  D        A        Bm       G        D        A        G       
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:0--00---|--------|--------|--------|0--00---|--------|--------|
A:--------|0--00---|2--22-0-|--------|--------|0--00---|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|3--33---|--------|--------|3--33---|


[CODA]
  Bm                  Bm                     G 
    La la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la    
  Bm                  Bm                     G
  (No vocals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )

  Bm       Bm       G        Bm       Bm       G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|-------0|--------|--------|-------0|--------|
A:2--22---|2--22-4-|--------|2--22---|2--22-4-|--------|
E:------2-|--------|3--33---|------2-|--------|3--33---|

  Bm                  Bm                     G 
    La la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la    
  Bm                  Bm                     G
  (No vocals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )

  Bm       Bm       G        Bm       Bm       G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:2--22---|2--22---|--------|2--22---|2--22---|--------|
E:------2-|--------|3--33---|------2-|--------|3--33---|

(Vocals only)
    La la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la    


Duet with Alison Krause

Tabbed by Michael Oxner
moxner@nbnet.nb.ca