recorded by George Jones and
Merle Haggard
Intro - Last 2 lines of chorus
| G |
| Each night I leave the barroom when it's over |
| D7 | |
| Not feeling any pain at closing | time |
| D7 |
| But tonight your memory found me much to sober |
| G | |
| Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my | mind |
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| G | |
| I've a | lways had a bottle I could turn to |
| D7 | |
| And lately I've been turning every | day |
| D7 |
| But the wine don't take effect the way it used to |
| G | |
| And I'm hurting in an old familiar w | ay |
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| D7 | G | |
| To | night the bottle let | down |