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]
             
He put that bo

            
ttle to his he

 
ad and pulled 

    
the trigger
        
And finally dr

          
ank away her m

 
emo-----ry
             
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     b

     
eneath the wil


low
         
The angels san

         
g a whiskey lu

   
llaby
            
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 2]
             
The rumors fle

      
w    but nobod

           
y knew how muc

          
h she blamed h

 
erself
           
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]
             
She put that b

            
ottle to her h

 
ead and pulled

    
 the trigger
        
And finally dr

           
ank away his m

 
emo-----ry
             
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   p


illow
        
Clinging to hi

        
s picture for 

  
dear life
          
We laid her ne

       
xt to him bene

#      
ath the willow
         
While angels s

         
ang a whiskey 

   
lullaby
            
La la la la la

              
 la la,  La la

             
 la la la la l

     
a

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