Chords for Merle Haggard, Days of wine and roses.

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_ Once I [Db] lived a life of [Ab] wine and roses
[Eb] I drank a lot back then for [Ab] one concern _
Success for [Db] me lay just [Ab] around the corner _
[Bb] I hoped my social friends would help [Eb] take the turn _
Now I'm paying [Db] for the days of [Ab] wine and roses
[Eb] A victim of the drunken [Ab] life I chose _
Now all my [Db] social friends looked [Ab] down their noses
[Eb] As I kept the wine and threw [Ab] away the rose _
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I stood by and [Db] watched the bottle [Ab] take control of me
The [Eb] turn I made was not the [Ab] one I'd planned _
I watched my [Db] social standing [Ab] slip away from me
While [Bb] I watched the bottle slowly take [Eb] command _
Now [Ab] I'm paying [Db] for the days of [Ab] wine and roses _
[Eb] A victim of the drunken life [Ab] I chose _
Now all my [Db] social friends looked down [Ab] their noses
As [Eb] I kept the wine and threw away the [Ab] rose
Yeah, I kept the [Eb] wine and threw away the [Ab] rose _ _