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Martina McBride: Cheap Whiskey
[Intro]
D  A  D   Cadd9   G/B   A   D
[Verse]
DHe sits all alone in his Bmeasy chair
Staring Dback on his A7lost yesterDdays
Long Dbefore he encountered the Bmbottle
And the Ddemons that A7drove her Daway
[Verse]
In his Dhand he is holding her Bmphotograph
Her Dimage all A7tear-stained and Dworn
DTonight he's embracing Bmreality
And he Dcurses the A7day he was Dborn
[Chorus]
And the Gdarkness still echoes her Dwarning
You Gcan't have two Dloves in your Bmlife
Now the Dthings that will haunt him
Until the Dday Emthat D/F#he    GdiesD  G  
Is the Dsmell of cheap whiskey
And the A7sound of goodDbye
[Instrumental]
D   D  Em   D/F# G D G
D A D  Cadd9 G/B A D
[Verse]
Since the Dhour that she left he's been Bmsober
And each Dbreath that he A7draws makes him Dthink
About the Dlight of his life gone Bmforever
When he Dtraded her A7love for a Ddrink
[Chorus]
And the Gdarkness still echoes her Dwarning
You Gcan't have two Dloves in your Bmlife
Now the Dthings that will haunt him
Until the Dday Emthat D/F#he    GdiesD  G  
Is the Dsmell of cheap whiskey
And the A7sound of goodBmbyeA/C#  G  
The Dsmell of cheap whiskey
        A7           N.C.
And the sound of goodbye
[Outro]
Cadd9   G/B      A     D

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Cheap Whiskey

by Martina McBride

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

G/B

D/F#

A/C#

Martina McBride: Cheap Whiskey

[Intro]

D A D Cadd9 G/B A D

[Verse]

D Bm

He sits all alone in his easy chair

D A7 D

Staring back on his lost yesterdays

D Bm

Long before he encountered the bottle

D A7 D

And the demons that drove her away

[Verse]

D Bm

In his hand he is holding her photograph

D A7 D

Her image all tear-stained and worn

D Bm

Tonight he's embracing reality

D A7 D

And he curses the day he was born

[Chorus]

G D

And the darkness still echoes her warning

G D Bm

You can't have two loves in your life

Now the things that will haunt him

D Em D/F# G D G

Until the day that he dies

Is the smell of cheap whiskey

A7 D

And the sound of goodbye

[Instrumental]

D D Em D/F# G D G

D A D Cadd9 G/B A D

[Verse]

D Bm

Since the hour that she left he's been sober

D A7 D

And each breath that he draws makes him think

D Bm

About the light of his life gone forever

D A7 D

When he traded her love for a drink

[Chorus]

G D

And the darkness still echoes her warning

G D Bm

You can't have two loves in your life

Now the things that will haunt him

D Em D/F# G D G

Until the day that he dies

Is the smell of cheap whiskey

A7 Bm A/C# G

And the sound of goodbye

The smell of cheap whiskey

A7 N.C.

And the sound of goodbye

[Outro]

Cadd9 G/B A D

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