Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down

Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down--Waylon Jennings written by Merle Haggard Thanks to CowboyUp for the basic chords. While I don't agree with Waylon's "flip of the bird" to the Hag near the end of the song, I have to admit, he sings the hell out of this one. And few can play steel like Ralph Mooney. NOTE: On the D...I play a pattern of D, D/A, and D/F#, but it's not necessary. INTRO: D D/A A D A D/A D Each night I leave the barroom when it's over A Not feeling any pain at closin' time But tonight your memory found me much too sober A7 D I couldn't drink enough to get you offa my mind CHORUS: D Tonight the bottle let me down A Let your memory come around The one true friend that I thought I'd found D Tonight the bottle let me down SOLO I've always had a bottle that I could turn to Lately I've been turnin' every day But the booze don't take affect the way it used to I keep a hurting in old familiar ways CHORUS (Ralph Mooney!) (Eat your heart out, Haggard!) SOLO CHORUS (fade) CHORDS: A x0222x A7 x02020 D xx0232 D/A x00232 D/F# 2x0232