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Whiskey Lulleby
Jon Randall, Bill Anderson
Sangen ble først innspilt av countreyartisten Brad Paisley i en duett med Alison Krauss på Paisleys album "Mud on the Tires" og gitt ut i 2004.
Intro
Bm
G
Bm
G
1. vers
She put him
D
out like the
out like the
G
burning end of a midnight ciga
burning end of a midnight ciga
Bm
rette
rette
She
A/C#
broke his
broke his
D
heart, he
heart, he
G
spent his whole life trying to for
spent his whole life trying to for
A
get
get
We
Bm
watched him drink his pain a
watched him drink his pain a
A/C#
way a
way a
D
little at a time
little at a time
But he
Bm
never could get drunk e
never could get drunk e
A/C#
nough to
nough to
D
get her off his mind
get her off his mind
Until the
A
night
night
Ref 1
He put that
D
bottle to his head and pulled the
bottle to his head and pulled the
A
trigger
trigger
And
Bm
finally drank away her memo
finally drank away her memo
G
ry
ry
D
Life is short but this time it was
Life is short but this time it was
A
bigger
bigger
Than the
Bm
strength he had to get up
strength he had to get up
Bm/A
off his
off his
G
knees
knees
They
D
found him with his face down in the
found him with his face down in the
A
pillow
pillow
With a
Bm
note that said I'll love her
note that said I'll love her
Bm/A
till I
till I
G
die
die
And
D
when we buried him beneath the
when we buried him beneath the
A
willow
willow
The
G
angel's sang a whiskey lulla
angel's sang a whiskey lulla
Bm
by
by
Bm
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
G
la
la
Bm
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
G
la
la
2. vers
The rumors
D
flew but no
flew but no
G
body knew
body knew
how much she blamed her
Bm
self
self
For
A/C#
years and
years and
D
years she
years she
G
tried
tried
to hide the whiskey on her
A
breath
breath
She
Bm
finally drank her pain a
finally drank her pain a
A/C#
way a
way a
D
little at a time
little at a time
But she
Bm
never could get drunk e
never could get drunk e
A/C#
nough
nough
to
D
get him off her mind
get him off her mind
Until the
A
night
night
Ref 2
She put that
D
bottle to her head and pulled the
bottle to her head and pulled the
A
trigger
trigger
And
Bm
finally drank away his
finally drank away his
Bm/A
memo
memo
G
ry
ry
D
Life is short but this time it was
Life is short but this time it was
A
bigger
bigger
Than the
Bm
strength she had to get up off her
strength she had to get up off her
G
knees
knees
We
D
found her with her face down in the
found her with her face down in the
A
pillow
pillow
Bm
Clinging to his picture
Clinging to his picture
Bm/A
for dear
for dear
G
life
life
We
D
laid her next to him beneath the
laid her next to him beneath the
A
willow
willow
While
G
angel's sang a whiskey lulla
angel's sang a whiskey lulla
Bm
by
by
Bm
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
G
la
la
Bm
G
Bm
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
G
la
la
Bm
G
Bm
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la
G
la
la
La la la la la la la, La la la la la la la