{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2586501,"song":"Bottle","artist":"Paul McDermott","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11518157-bottle-chords-by-paul-mcdermott/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2586501?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Most versions of the song have a kind of airy-fairy fade in at the start that make strumming the chord a\r\nnightmare. It's definitely my recommendation to just grab the E with a quiet strum, and open with the vocals.\r\n\r\nI'm basing this off the post-Sideshow version, with two final choruses. The Am feels wrong against Paul's\r\nvocal track from the Spiegeltent, but feels more right to my memory of the track from The Sideshow.\r\nIf you're listening to the DAAS version, only play one chorus at the end.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA stinking sun burned me awake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThrough the shattered window panes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI recall through eyes of claret red[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had taken me again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd the hair of the dog revives me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYet I find it hard to swallow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a marriage made in Heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBetween me and the bottle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nA thousand words drift through my hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs the room just bends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nA sodden mattress holds my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it cradles my regret[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nI'll read it once again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThough she knows that I'll not follow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a marriage of convenience[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBetween me and the bottle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo King Alcohol's come back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the traffic's mournful cry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he swaggers, drunk and skinful,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThrough my throat all parched and dry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd if I should die before I wake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI pray the lord my soul to take[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo maybe I could rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd never wake again in sorrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd if I should die before I wake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI pray the lord my soul to take[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen maybe I could rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd never wake again in sorrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outtro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a marriage on the rocks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBetween me and the bottle[/tab]","plain_text":"Most versions of the song have a kind of airy-fairy fade in at the start that make strumming the chord a\nnightmare. It's definitely my recommendation to just grab the E with a quiet strum, and open with the vocals.\n\nI'm basing this off the post-Sideshow version, with two final choruses. The Am feels wrong against Paul's\nvocal track from the Spiegeltent, but feels more right to my memory of the track from The Sideshow.\nIf you're listening to the DAAS version, only play one chorus at the end.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outtro]","chords":["E","Am","A","G#m","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}