G                              C                   G

She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette

G                      C                                D

She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget

C                                     G

We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time

      C                                G

But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind

          D

Until the night



1st Chorus

   G                                              D

He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger

     Em                     C

And finally drank away her memory

  G                                  D

Life is short but this time it was bigger

            Em                              C

Than the strength he had to get up off his knees

 G                                       D

We found him with his face down in the pillow

  Em                                       D

With a note that said I'll love her till I die

G                                   D

And when we buried him beneath the willow

       C                     Em

The angels sang a whiskey lullaby

  Em                      C

la la la la la la la lalalalala





G                              C                   G



The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself

G                      C                                D

For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath

C                                     G

She finally drank her pain away a little at a time

C                                     G

But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind

  D

Until the night



2nd Chorus

G                                              D



She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger

  Em                     C

And finally drank away his memory

 G                                  D

Life is short but this time it was bigger

 Em                              C

Than the strength she had to get up off her knees

G                                       D

We found her with her face down in the pillow

Em                                       D

Clinging to his picture for dear life

G                                   D

We laid her next to him beneath the willow

  C                     Em

While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby





 Em                      C

la la la la la la la lalalalala