Chords for Conway Twitty-The Bottle In The Hand Is Much Stronger Than The Man

_ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, I'll ask my old buddy _ to call her on the phone.
_ He'll say I'm working late again.
Once more she'll [C] be alone.
_ _ _ But [F] I'll sit here in this bar room just as long [Bb] as I can. _ _ _
_ [F] Cause the bottle [Bb]
[F] in the hand is much _
[C] stronger [F] than the man. _
_ _ _ [Bb] After all I've said and done, she [F] should leave me on the run.
_ Cause I've hurt [Bb] her [F] just as much _ [C] as I _ can.
_ [Gm] But I'll [F] keep up my simple living _ and she'll go [Bb] on _ forgiving. _
She knows [F] the [Bb] bottle in [F] the hand is much [C] stronger [F] than the man. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I'd go home if I was able, cause this _ nightlife's getting old.
Like the food on the table, our love is [C] growing _ cold.
_ _ But [F] she goes to bed each evening.
_ Is _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ much [C] stronger [F] than the _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] man.
I've said and done, she [F] should leave me on the run.
Cause I've hurt [Bb] her [F] every way.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Miss you, though I'm [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] in [F] the hand.
_ Is much [C] stronger than [F] the man. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _