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Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
The intro and verse is G with hammer on and off second fret D string. listen to the 
it's all there. there are some fills here and there too.
i was Gdestined for greatness
it's what my mother once told me
but now that i'm older
the future don't see the way she Dsees
Cwhiskey and the Gblues
Gtissues G/F#i can't Emuse
they don't Gdry it upC  
i don't use 'em no Gmore
Amalice oh Galice
(Em)          D  
where have ya been
there's Amlight at the Gwindow
(Em)                  D  
and it slowly pinches in
Amalice oh Galice
(Em)          D  
time and misery
it Ammoves rather Gslowly
it's the Gonly Emway i Csee
i was destined for greatness
it's the way it shoulda been
but now that i'm older
i don't know what i wound up in
oh whiskey and the blues
a language i can't use
it don't dry it up
no one listens anymore
alice oh alice
where have ya been
it's light at the window
and it slowly pinches in
alice oh alice
Gmisery and Emtime
it moves rather slowly
but at least i know it's mine
alice oh alice
where have ya been
it's light at the window
and it slowly pinches in
alice oh alice
misery and time
it moves so slowly
but i know for sure it's mine

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Alice

by Robert Francis

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G/F#

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Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

The intro and verse is G with hammer on and off second fret D string. listen to the

it's all there. there are some fills here and there too.

i was destined for greatness

it's what my mother once told me

but now that i'm older

the future don't see the way she sees

C G

whiskey and the blues

G G/F# Em

tissues i can't use

G C

they don't dry it up

i don't use 'em no more

Am G

alice oh alice

Em D

()

where have ya been

Am G

there's light at the window

Em D

()

and it slowly pinches in

Am G

alice oh alice

Em D

()

time and misery

Am G

it moves rather slowly

G Em C

it's the only way i see

i was destined for greatness

it's the way it shoulda been

but now that i'm older

i don't know what i wound up in

oh whiskey and the blues

a language i can't use

it don't dry it up

no one listens anymore

alice oh alice

where have ya been

it's light at the window

and it slowly pinches in

alice oh alice

G Em

misery and time

it moves rather slowly

but at least i know it's mine

alice oh alice

where have ya been

it's light at the window

and it slowly pinches in

alice oh alice

misery and time

it moves so slowly

but i know for sure it's mine

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