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Introduction: G G C C Am D G
G
All the folks down in Lynchburg, Tennessee
C
Been working hard for good ol' boys like me
Am
I don't wanna be the one to tell 'em
D
That stuff that they've been selling
G
Ain't working like it should
D
But I damn sure wish it would
C
Whiskey's supposed to drown the memory
G
I've gone from one to one too many
D C
And the thing that really gets me
G
Is how your memory drowns the whiskey
G
Maybe it's the bar or the stool I'm on
C
Maybe it's the band and the sad old song
Am
That keeps me buying rounds
D
That keeps me turning down
G
Any girl that wants to dance
D
And you ain't giving them a chance
C
Whiskey's supposed to drown the memory
G
I've gone from one to one too many
D C
And the thing that really gets me
G
Is how your memory drowns the whiskey
Am
Girl I'm living proof, that 80 proof
D
Ain't got a shot, at touching you
C
But whiskey's supposed to drown the memory
G
I've gone from one to one too many
D
And the thing that really gets me
C
Is whiskey's supposed to drown the memory
G
I've gone from one to one too many
D C
And the thing that really gets me
G
Is how your memory drowns the whiskey
Am D
Yeah the thing that really gets me
G
Is how your memory drowns the whiskey
G
All the folks down in Lynchburg, Tennessee
C
Been working hard for good ol' boys like me