Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley

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[Chords]
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
            
She put him ou

        
t, like the bu

              
rnin' end of a

          
 midnight ciga

#  
rette
          
She broke his 

      
heart, he spen

              
t his whole li

             
fe trying to f

 
orget

[Pre-chorus]
        
  We watched h

              
im drink his p

        
ain away, a li

ttle at a time
        
  But he never

              
 could get dru

         
nk enough to g

              
et her off his

         
 mind until th

       
e night

[Chorus]
             
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
             
We found him w

              
ith his face d

           
own in the pil

 
low
            
With a note th

              
at said I'll l

            
ove her till I

 
 die
             
And when we bu

             
ried him benea

        
th the willow
             
The angels san

          
g a whiskey lu

   
llaby

[Post-chorus]
            
La la la la la

              
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a la la la la
            
La la la la la

              
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a la la la la

[Verse]
            
The rumors fle

        
w, but nobody 

              
knew how much 

       
she blamed her


self
          
For years and 

      
years   she tr

              
ied to hide th

              
e whiskey on h

    
er breath

[Pre-chorus]
        
  She finally 

              
drank her pain

     
 away, a littl

e at a time
        
  But she neve

              
r could get dr

          
unk enough    

             
to get him of 

           
her mind until

   
 the night

[Chorus]
             
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 the Ange

          
ls sang a whis

         
key lullaby

[Outro]
            
La la la la la

              
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a la la la la
            
La la la la la

              
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a la la la la

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