Chords for Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss ~ "Whiskey Lullaby"

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
She put [D] him out [B] _ [G] like the burning end of a midnight [Bm] cigarette.
_ She broke his heart, [A] _
he [D] spent his whole life trying to forget.
[F#] _ _
He watched [Bm] him drink his pain away [D] a little at a time.
But he never could get [A] drunk enough to [D] get her off his mind until the night.
[D] He put that bottle to his head and pulled [A] the trigger,
_ _ [Bm] and finally drank away her [G]
memory.
_ _ [D] Life is short, but this time [A] it was bigger
_ [Bm] than the strength he had to get up [G] off his [D] knees.
_ They found him with his face down [A] in the pillow,
_ [Bm] with a note that said, I'll love her till [G] I die.
_ _ [D] And when we buried him [A] beneath the willow,
_ [G] the angels sang a whiskey [Bm] love-bye.
La la la la la la la, la la la la la [G] la la.
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] La la la la la la la, la la la [G] la la la la.
_ _ [D] Rumors flew, _ but [G] nobody.
But she blamed [Bm]
herself for [D] years and years.
_ [G] She tried to hide the whiskey on [A] her breath.
_ [Bm] She finally drank _ [D] a little at a time,
[Bm] but she never could _ [D] get him off her mind until [A]
the night.
She put [D] that bottle to her head and [A] pulled the trigger,
_ [Bm] and finally drank away his [G] memory.
_ _ [D] Life is short, but this time it [A] was bigger
_ [Bm] than the strength she had to get up off [G] her knees.
_ [D] They found her with her face down [A] in the pillow,
_ _ [Bm] claiming to his picture for [G] dear life.
_ [D] And later next to him beneath [A] the willow,
_ [G] the angels sang a whiskey [Bm] love-bye.
La la la la la la la, la la la la la [G] la.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
La la la la la la la, la la la la la [G] la la.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
La la la la la la la, la la la la la la.
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _