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Most versions of the song have a kind of airy-fairy fade in at the start that make strumming the chord a
nightmare. It's definitely my recommendation to just grab the E with a quiet strum, and open with the vocals.
I'm basing this off the post-Sideshow version, with two final choruses. The Am feels wrong against Paul's
vocal track from the Spiegeltent, but feels more right to my memory of the track from The Sideshow.
If you're listening to the DAAS version, only play one chorus at the end.
[Verse 1]
EA stinking sun burned me awakAe
AThrough the shattered window panes
EI recall through eyes of claret red
AHe had taken me again
G#mAnd the hair of the dog revives me
DYet I find it hard to swallow
AIt's a marriage made in Heaven
Between me and the Ebottle
[Verse 2]
EA thousand words drift through my hands
AAs the room just bends
EA sodden mattress holds my heart
AAnd it cradles my regret
G#mI'll read it once again
DThough she knows that I'll not follow
AIt's a marriage of convenience
Between me and the Ebottle
[Verse 3]
ESo King Alcohol's come back
AWith the traffic's mournful cry
EAnd he swaggers, drunk and skinful,
Through my Athroat all parched and dry
G#mAnd if I should die before I wake
DI pray the lord my soul to take
ASo maybe I could rest
And never wake again Amin sorrow
G#mAnd if I should die before I wake
DI pray the lord my soul to take
AThen maybe I could rest
And never wake again in sorroEw
[Outtro]
AIt's a marriage on the rocks
Between me and the Ebottle

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Bottle

by Paul McDermott

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G#m

Most versions of the song have a kind of airy-fairy fade in at the start that make strumming the chord a

nightmare. It's definitely my recommendation to just grab the E with a quiet strum, and open with the vocals.

I'm basing this off the post-Sideshow version, with two final choruses. The Am feels wrong against Paul's

vocal track from the Spiegeltent, but feels more right to my memory of the track from The Sideshow.

If you're listening to the DAAS version, only play one chorus at the end.

[Verse 1]

E A

A stinking sun burned me awake

Through the shattered window panes

I recall through eyes of claret red

He had taken me again

G#m

And the hair of the dog revives me

Yet I find it hard to swallow

It's a marriage made in Heaven

Between me and the bottle

[Verse 2]

A thousand words drift through my hands

As the room just bends

A sodden mattress holds my heart

And it cradles my regret

G#m

I'll read it once again

Though she knows that I'll not follow

It's a marriage of convenience

Between me and the bottle

[Verse 3]

So King Alcohol's come back

With the traffic's mournful cry

And he swaggers, drunk and skinful,

Through my throat all parched and dry

G#m

And if I should die before I wake

I pray the lord my soul to take

So maybe I could rest

And never wake again in sorrow

G#m

And if I should die before I wake

I pray the lord my soul to take

Then maybe I could rest

And never wake again in sorrow

[Outtro]

It's a marriage on the rocks

Between me and the bottle

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