Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley

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[Intro]

   


[Verse]

             
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 the nigh

t... 


[Chorus 1]

             
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


[Verse]

             
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...


[Chorus 2]

             
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
(repeat to fade)


[Chords]

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Bm  =   x24432

(bar chord) or

 xx4432
   =   xx0232
   =   320003