Key: F
Introduction:
Em
Don’t know how she deals with her conscious
C G
Knowing she’s slowly killing a man
Em
The bottle’s got my fingerprints on it
C G
But she’s still got my blood on my hands
Em
Even if she don’t know
C G
She is the reason I’m here
Am
Looking for the stronger stuff
Bartender fill my cup
C G
Trying to keep hope alive
D Em
And keep the fire going inside
C G
Sippin’ this kerosene
D G
Until she comes back to me
Em
Yeah, we had a love like a candle
C G
But I blew out the flame
Em
I could be a hard one to handle
C G
Idiot wind is a hurricane, baby
Em
Even if she don’t know
C G
She is the reason I’ll be right here
Am
'Til closing time
Drinking it until I’m blind
C G
Trying to keep hope alive
D Em
And keep the fire going inside
C G
Sippin’ this kerosene
D G
Until she comes back to me
C G
It burned my tongue a little at first
D Em
But the heartbreak I feel is worse
C G
Now it’s my favorite drink
D Em
The poison taste good to me
C G
So won’t you bartender please
D G Em D
Pour a another kerosene
D B
I’m never letting go
C Em D
Never letting go of what we had
B C Em D
Oh you know it’s burning my mind
B C Am
Looking for my hope in the bottom of a shot glass
C G
You know that's trying to keep hope alive
D Em
And keep the fire going inside
C G
Sippin’ this kerosene
D G
Until she comes back to me
C G
It burned my tongue a little at first
D Em
But the heartbreak I feel is worse
C G
Now it’s my favorite drink
D Em
The poison taste good to me
C G
So won’t you bartender please
D G
Pour a another kerosene