Chords for VDub Sessions // American Aquarium plays "I Gave Up The Drinking (Before She Gave Up On Me)"

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_ _ _ _ Well, I burned my fair [C] share of [F] bridges here and bridges there
And I gave in [Cm] to every hazard of the [G] occupation
For _ _ [C] years I called a highway [F] home
But I never got good at sleeping alone
[C] I earned every letter of my bad reputation
_ _ See, it's a blurry line between wrong and right
Cause [F] what feels so good on a Saturday night [C] hurts
Like hell comes Sunday [G] morning
_ _ [C] And I was standing there when she walked in
[F] Her eyes lit up with a sideways grin
And my head [Cm] got light in my [Gm] chest, cave without [C] warning
_ _ [F] See, I put down the bottle [C] she puts up with me
_ Spent hours in the mirror trying to figure out just what it is she [G] sees
_ _ [C] If it weren't for that [G] woman, I don't wanna know where I'd [F] _ _ _ be _ _ _
_ Yeah, I gave up the [Gm] drinking for her
She _ gave up on [C] me _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, I might as well have been an Irishman
[F] Me and old John _ Jameson
We [C] spent many nights burning both ends of that candle
[G] _ _
_ [C] And back in my wild and young days
[F] Boy, let me tell you, I could put them away but [C] come closing time
Oh, I was hard to handle _
And then late one summer in old Cowtown
[F] We were closing down the motor [C] lounge
And I was standing there, it hit me about as serious as a heart [G] attack _ _
So [C] I ordered one last drink and I'm paid
And [F] I bid farewell to my rambling days
And [C] I walked out that front door and I didn't look back _
_ [F] See, I put down the bottle [C] she puts up with me
_ Spent hours in the mirror trying to figure out just what it is she [G] sees
If _ _ [C] it weren't for that woman, I don't wanna know where [F] I'd _ be _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Yeah, I gave up the drinking [G] for her
She _ gave up [C] on me
_ _ _ [F] Yes, I gave [C] up the drinking for her
[G] She _ _ _ _ _ _ gave [C] up on _ me _ _ _ _ _
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