Whiskey Lullaby - Alison Krauss

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Intro:    

             
She put him ou

             
t like the bur

              
ning end of a 

              
midnight cigar


ette
             
She broke his 

            
heart he spent

              
 his whole lif

              
e trying to fo

  
rget
            
We watched him

              
 drink his pai

      
n away a littl

e at a time
            
But he never c

              
ould get drunk

       
 enough to get

 her off his m

ind
         
Until tonight.

..


             
He put that bo

              
ttle to his he

             
ad and pulled 

     
the trigger
            
And finally dr

              
ank away her m

   
emory
             
Life is short 

              
but this time 

        
it was bigger
            
Than the stren

              
gth he had to 

             
get up off his

   
 knees
             
They found him

              
 with his face

              
 down in the p

 
illow
            
With a note th

              
at said I'll l

             
ove her til I 

  
die
             
And when we bu

              
ried him benea

        
th the willow
             
The angel's sa

              
ng a whiskey l

    
ullaby
            
La la la la la

              
 la la,  La la

             
 la la la la l

a 
            
La la la la la

              
 la la,  La la

             
 la la la la l

a 


             
The rumors fle

             
w but nobody k

              
new how much s

             
he blamed hers


elf
             
For years and 

            
years she trie

              
d to hide the 

              
whiskey on her

   
 breath
            
She finally dr

              
ank her pain a

   
way a little a

t a time
            
But she never 

              
could get drun

        
k enough to ge

t him off her 

mind
           
Until the nigh

t...


              
She put that b

             
ottle to her h

             
ead and pulled

      
 the trigger
            
And finally dr

              
ank away his m

   
emory
             
Life is short 

              
but this time 

        
it was bigger
            
Than the stren

              
gth she had to

             
 get up off he

    
r knees
             
We found her w

              
ith her face d

              
own in the pil

 
low
            
Clinging to hi

             
s picture for 

       
dear life
             
We laid her ne

              
xt to him bene

         
ath the willow
             
While angel's 

              
sang a whiskey

      
 lullaby
            
La la la la la

              
 la la,  La la

             
 la la la la l

     
a    

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