CAPO 3

[Intro]


[Verse 1]
             
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 away hi

         
s pain, a litt

le 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 bl

             
ew away her me

  
mory
             
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 they 

              
buried him ben

         
eath the willo

w
             
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 2]
             
The rumors fle

             
w but nobody k

              
new just how s

             
he blamed hers


elf
              
For years and 

            
years she trie

              
d to hide the 

              
whiskey on her

 
 breath
            
She finally dr

             
ank away her p

       
ain, a little 

at 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
            
Then she final

              
ly blew away h

      
is memory
             
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
             
They laid her 

              
next to him be

          
neath the will

ow
             
While angel's 

              
sang a whiskey

      
 lullaby
            
La la la la la

              
 la la,  La la

             
 la la la la l

 
a