Intro: [Bm   G] n n           [D             G]                             [Bm] nShe put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette n    [A         D        G]                                 [A] nShe broke his heart he spent his whole life trying to forget n   [Bm]                          [A  D] nWe watched him drink his pain away a little at a time n      [Bm]                       [A   D] nBut he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind n        [A] nUntil tonight... n n nChorus 1: n            [D]                      [G          A] nHe put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger n    [Bm]                     [A   G] nAnd finally drank away her memory n[D]                                   [A] nLife is short but this time it was bigger n         [Bm]                        [A        G] nThan the strength he had to get up off his knees n     [D]                                    [A] nThey found him with his face down in the pillow n       [Bm]                           [A     G] nWith a note that said I'll love her til I die n     [D]                             [A] nAnd when we buried him beneath the willow n    [G]                          [Bm] nThe angel's sang a whiskey lullaby n[Bm]                                       [G] nLa la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la n[Bm]                                       [G] nLa la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la n n n           [D          G]                               [Bm] nThe rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself n    [A         D         G]                                 [A] nFor years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath n   [Bm]                       [A  D] nShe finally drank her pain away a little at a time n        [Bm]                       [A  D] nBut she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind n          [A] nUntil the night... n n nChorus 2: n             [D]                      [G          A] nShe put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger n    [Bm]                     [A   G] nAnd finally drank away his memory n[D]                                   [A] nLife is short but this time it was bigger n         [Bm]                         [A        G] nThan the strength she had to get up off her knees n    [D]                                     [A] nWe found her with her face down in the pillow n[Bm]                       [A        G] nClinging to his picture for dear life n    [D]                               [A] nWe laid her next to him beneath the willow n      [G]                          [Bm] nWhile angel's sang a whiskey lullaby n[Bm]                                       [G   Bm  G] nLa la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la n(repeat to fade) n n