Left Handed
AUTOSCROLL
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Capo: no capo
Tuning: D A D G B E
This is played either open with e# tuning or, as presented here, standard with drop D. I think this makes the
chords and intro much easier to play.
[Intro]
Guitar 1
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---1---1---|
A|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----------------|
D|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-8-8---8---8---8-|-1-1---1---1---1-|
Guitar 2
e|-8b---8b-----4-6-6h8-8---|
B|---------6-6-----------9-|
G|----8--------------------| (time this out with the song; it doesn't match up above)
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
[Verse 1]
"All the folks down in Lynchburg, Tennessee..."
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---1---1---|
A|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----------------|
D|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-8-8---8---8---8-|-1-1---1---1---1-|
[Chorus] (Guitar 2 keeps playing the verse riff above)
"You ain't giving them a chance. Whiskey's supposed to drown the memories. I've gone from 1 to one too many."
D|-----------------------|---| |---| |---|
D|-----------------------|---| |---| |---|
D|-----------------------|---| |-6-| |---|
D|-----------------------|-1-| |-6-| |-6-|
D|-----3---3---3---------|-1-| |-4-| |-6-|
D|-6-6---6---6---6-------|-1-| |---| |-6-|
"And the thing that really gets me, is how your memory drowns the whiskey."
e|---|---| |---|
B|---|---| |---|
G|---|-6-| |---|
D|-1-|-6-| |-6-|
A|-1-|-4-| |-6-|
D|-1-|---| |-6-|
[Verse 2]
"Maybe it's the bar or the stool I'm on..."
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---1---1---|
A|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----------------|
D|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-8-8---8---8---8-|-1-1---1---1---1-|
[Chorus] (Guitar 2 keeps playing the verse riff above)
"But I damn sure wish it would. Whiskey's supposed to drown the memories. I've gone from one to one too many."
D|----------------------|---| |---| |---|
D|----------------------|---| |---| |---|
D|----------------------|---| |-6-| |---|
D|----------------------|-1-| |-6-| |-6-|
D|-----3---3---3--------|-1-| |-4-| |-6-|
D|-6-6---6---6---6------|-1-| |---| |-6-|
"And the thing that really gets me, is how your memory drowns the whiskey."
e|---|---| |---|
B|---|---| |---|
G|---|-6-| |---|
D|-1-|-6-| |-6-|
A|-1-|-4-| |-6-|
D|-1-|---| |-6-|
[Steel Guitar]
[Bridge]
"Girl I'm living proof, that 80 proof, ain't got a shot, at touching you..."
e|---| |---|
B|---| |---|
G|---| |---|
D|-8-| |-1-|
A|-8-| |-1-|
D|-8-| |-1-|
[Chorus] (2 full times through, then the last line twice)
"Whiskey's supposed to drown the memories. I've gone from one to one too many."
|---| |---|
|---| |---|
|-6-| |---|
|-6-| |-6-|
|-4-| |-6-|
|---| |-6-|
(Whiskey's supposed to down the memories...)
"And the thing that really gets me, is (how your memory drowns the whiskey.)"
e|---|---| |---|
B|---|---| |---|
G|---|-6-| |---|
D|-1-|-6-| |-6-|
A|-1-|-4-| |-6-|
D|-1-|---| |-6-|
Guitar 2e|-8b---8b---|
B|---------6-|
G|----8------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
D|-----------|
[Outro]
"All the folks down in Lynchburg, Tennessee..."
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---4-|
D|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-6-|