Chords for "Whiskey Lullaby", The John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band

[Dm] _ _ La la la la la la la la la [G] la la la [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] la la la _ la la la la la la la la la la la [Bb]
la la la _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ la
[F] Put him _ out
_ _ _ [Bb] Like the burning end of a midnight [Fm] _ [D] cigarette
_ [Dm] _ She _ [C] _ broke his [F] heart
_ _ _ _ He spent his whole life trying to [C]
forget
_ He'd _ _ _ [Dm]
watch him drink his pain [C] away, [F]
a little at a time
_ [Dm] But he never could get drunk [Am] enough [F] to get her off his mind, _ [C] until the night
_ _ He put [F] that bottle to his head, and [C] pulled the trigger
_ He _ _ _
[Dm] finally drank away her _ [Bb]
memory
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Life is short, this time it [C]
was bigger
_ _ _ Than [D] the strength he had to get [C] up off [Bb] his _ _ knees _ _ _
[F] Found him with his face down [C] in the pillow
_ _ With _ [D] a note that [Dm] said, [C] I'll love her [F] till [Bb] I die _ _ _ _ _
[F] When we buried him [C] beneath the willow _ _ _
[Gm] The angel sang a whiskey _ _
[Dm] lullaby
La la la la la la la, _ la la la la la [Bb] la la _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ La la la la la la la, la la la la la [Bb] la
_ _ And the [F]
rumors flew _ _ _ _
[Bb] Nobody knew how much she [Dm] blamed herself for _ [C] _ [F] years and _ years.
_ _ _ [Bb] She tried to hide the whiskey on [C] her breath.
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Watched her drink her pain [C] away, [F]
little at a time.
[C] _ [Dm] But she never could get drunk [C] enough [F] to get him off her mind, _ [C] till the night.
_ She put [F] that bottle to her head and [C] pulled the trigger. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] She finally drank away [C] his _ [Bb]
memory.
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Life is short, this time it [C] was bigger _ _ than _ [Dm] the strength she had to get up [Bb] off her _ knee. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Found her with her face down [C] in the pillow, _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] clinging to his picture [C] for [Bb] dear _ life.
_ We _
[F] _ laid her next to him [C] beneath _ the willow, _ _ [Bb] while the angel sang a whiskey _
[Dm] lullaby. _ _ _ _ _ _
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La, la, la, la, la. _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [Dm] Thank _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ you [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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very much.
_ _ _ This is John Randolph.
_ [Bb] life _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] is short this time [C] it was bigger _ _ _ than [Dm] the strength she had to get [F] up off [Bb] her _ _ knee
_ _ _ [F]
found her with her face down [C] in the pillow _ _ clinging _ [Dm] _
_ to his [F] picture for [Bb] dear _ _ life
_ _ _ [F]
we laid her next to him beneath [C] the moon _ while [Bb] the angel sang a whiskey _ [Dm]
lullaby _ _ _ _ _ _ _