Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down Waylon Jennings
Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down--Waylon Jennings
written by Merle Haggard
Thanks to CowboyUp for the basic chords. While I don't agree with Waylon's "flip
of the bird" to the Hag near the end of the song, I have to admit, he sings the hell
out of this one. And few can play steel like Ralph Mooney.
NOTE: On the D...I play a pattern of D, D/A, and D/F#, but it's not necessary.
INTRO: D D/A A D A D/A
Each [D]night I leave the barroom when it's over
Not feeling any pain at closin' ti[A]me
But tonight your memory found me much too sober
I couldn't drink enough to g[A7]et you offa my [D]mind
CHORUS:
[D]Tonight the bottle let me down
Let your memory come a[A]round
The one true friend that I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me d[D]own
SOLO
I've always had a bottle that I could turn to
Lately I've been turnin' every day
But the booze don't take affect the way it used to
I keep a hurting in old familiar ways
CHORUS
(Ralph Mooney!)
(Eat your heart out, Haggard!)
SOLO
CHORUS (fade)
CHORDS:
A x0222x
A7 x02020
D xx0232
D/A x00232
D/F# 2x0232
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