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Introduction: Am C
C F Am
She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
G* C F G
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
F G* C
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
Am G* C
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
G
Until the night
C G
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
C F
And finally blew away her memory
C G
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Am F
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
C G
We found him with his face down in the pillow
Am F
With a note that said I'll love her till I die
C G
And when we buried him beneath the willow
F Am
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby
Am F
la la la la la la la lalalalala
Am F
la la la la la la la lalalalala
C F Am
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
G* C F G
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
Am G* C
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
Am G* C
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
G
Until the night
C G
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
Am F
And finally blew away his memory
C G
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Am F
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
C G
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Am F
clinging to his picture for dear life
C G
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
F Am
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby
Am F
la la la la la la la lalalalala (gradually grow softer)
Am F
la la la la la la la lalalalala
Am F
la la la la la la la lalalalala
Am F
la la la la la la la lalalalala
G* Hammer on A string and pluck