Artist: Damien Dempsey
Title: Bottle Talk 
Album: Chilin' Single/Contender EP 
Transcribed by: Dave Anderson 
Email: d.anderson88@hotmail.co.uk  
Comments and suggestions feel free to email me. (hope you enjoy eoin)

Tuning: EADGBE

CHORDS:
Am7 - X03010
Am7ii - X02213
Em/9 - 02200(0/2) - uses a pull-off sometimes
Am/B - X20010
C - 332010
G - 320033
Bm - X24432
D - XX0232

Fill 
Damo does this at the end of most lines. Uses third finger vibrato to pronounce the G 
Em (022000@1)E|--0----------------| 
B|--0----------------| 
G|--0---0------------| 
D|--2---2------------| 
A|--2---2-2---~------| 
E|--0-0---0---3--0-0-| 

Intro: (Chilin Version) 
Am Am7(ii) Am/B C G 
Bm Em 
C G Bm Em 
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Em (022000@1)Verse: 
Yeah, 
Am7 (x02010@1)  G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)   Em (022000@1)Living in my rented room, I sharply had a fall 

Am7 (x02010@1)  G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)  Em (022000@1)I fell into a bottle, and no-one heard my call 
And my father said, 
Am7 (x02010@1)     G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)          Em"Why (022000@1)do you think that you stumbled into this bottle that you fell?", 
And I says 
Am7 (x02010@1)     G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)       Em (022000@1)"Father I think I lost my balance throwing pennies in the holy well". 

Chorus: 
         C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)     EmInto (022000@1)the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all 
             C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                         Bm (x24432@1)   EmWell (022000@1)you can whine and you can pray, but its up to you to say no way  

Verse: 
   Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G        D (xx0232@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)         Em (022000@1)I came across a friend of mine who had, plunged and sank deep down 
      Am7 (x02010@1)    G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)           Em (022000@1)And I wondered if I knew him, because his mind had turned around 
      Am7 (x02010@1)    G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)         EmSo (022000@1)I sat for a while with this stranger, he was a shell of what he'd once been 
      Am7 (x02010@1)      G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1) Am7 (x02010@1)          EmAnd (022000@1)I thought of all the alcohol and all the pain and greed that i've seen 

Chorus: 
         C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)     EmInto (022000@1)the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all 
             C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                        Bm (x24432@1)   EmWell (022000@1)you can whine and you can pray, but its up to you to say no way 

Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em 
                  No way, 
Verse: 
Am7 (x02010@1)   G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)        Em (022000@1)Mothers all around the world try to teach your children to stay 
   Am7 (x02010@1)     G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1) Am7 (x02010@1)      Em (022000@1)To stay well away from the bottle, if you dont want to watch decay 
Am7 (x02010@1)        G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)             EmDecay (022000@1)of the mind and the soul aswell, theres no need to go through that pain 
Am7 (x02010@1)       G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)           Em (022000@1)Mothers you wanted your children not to drown in the acid rain 

Chorus: 
         C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)     EmInto (022000@1)the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all 
             C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                         Bm (x24432@1) EmWell (022000@1)you can whine and you can pray, but its up to You, yes it is

           Bm (x24432@1)           Em (022000@1)Its up to you, oooh yes it is, 
          Bm (x24432@1)       Em (022000@1)Its up to you yes it is, 
          Bm (x24432@1)             Em (022000@1)Its up to you's, to say no way 
   C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)No waaay... 
   C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)  Bm (x24432@1)Em (022000@1)No waaay...Nah nah nah 

Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em 
Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em9 


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