Drowns The Whiskey tab by Jason Aldean

Tabs

Tuning: Drop D MajorD (D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: AbAb

Difficulty: Novice

This is played either open with e# tuning or, as presented here, standard with drop D. I think this makes the
chords and intro much easier to play.

Intro:

{Guitar 1}
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---1---1---|
A augmentedA|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----------------|
D MajorD|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-8-8---8---8---8-|-1-1---1---1---1-|

{Guitar 2}
e|-8b---8b-----4-6-6h8-8---|
BB|---------6-6-----------9-|
G+G|----8--------------------| (time this out with the song; it doesn't match up above)
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|

Verse 1:

"All the folks down in Lynchburg, Tennessee..."
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---1---1---|
A augmentedA|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----------------|
D MajorD|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-8-8---8---8---8-|-1-1---1---1---1-|

                Chorus: (Guitar 2 keeps playing the verse riff above)

"You ain't giving them a chance. Whiskey's supposed to drown the memories. I've gone from 1 to one too many."
D MajorD|-----------------------|---|                  |---|                |---|
D MajorD|-----------------------|---|                  |---|                |---|
D MajorD|-----------------------|---|                  |-6-|                |---|
D MajorD|-----------------------|-1-|                  |-6-|                |-6-|
D MajorD|-----3---3---3---------|-1-|                  |-4-|                |-6-|
D MajorD|-6-6---6---6---6-------|-1-|                  |---|                |-6-|

"And the thing that really gets me, is how your memory drowns the whiskey."
               e|---|---|              |---|
               BB|---|---|              |---|
               G+G|---|-6-|              |---|
               D MajorD|-1-|-6-|              |-6-|
               A augmentedA|-1-|-4-|              |-6-|
               D MajorD|-1-|---|              |-6-|

Verse 2:

"Maybe it's the bar or the stool I'm on..."
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---1---1---|
A augmentedA|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----------------|
D MajorD|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-8-8---8---8---8-|-1-1---1---1---1-|

                Chorus: (Guitar 2 keeps playing the verse riff above)

"But I damn sure wish it would. Whiskey's supposed to drown the memories. I've gone from one to one too many."
D MajorD|----------------------|---|                  |---|                 |---|
D MajorD|----------------------|---|                  |---|                 |---|
D MajorD|----------------------|---|                  |-6-|                 |---|
D MajorD|----------------------|-1-|                  |-6-|                 |-6-|
D MajorD|-----3---3---3--------|-1-|                  |-4-|                 |-6-|
D MajorD|-6-6---6---6---6------|-1-|                  |---|                 |-6-|

"And the thing that really gets me, is how your memory drowns the whiskey."
               e|---|---|              |---|
               BB|---|---|              |---|
               G+G|---|-6-|              |---|
               D MajorD|-1-|-6-|              |-6-|
               A augmentedA|-1-|-4-|              |-6-|
               D MajorD|-1-|---|              |-6-|

Steel Guitar:

Bridge:

"Girl I'm living proof, that 80 proof, ain't got a shot, at touching you..."

    e|---|               |---|
    BB|---|               |---|
    G+G|---|               |---|
    D MajorD|-8-|               |-1-|
    A augmentedA|-8-|               |-1-|
    D MajorD|-8-|               |-1-|

Chorus: (2 full times through, then the last line twice)

"Whiskey's supposed to drown the memories. I've gone from one to one too many."
                |---|                 |---|
                |---|                 |---|
                |-6-|                 |---|
                |-6-|                 |-6-|
                |-4-|                 |-6-|
                |---|                 |-6-|
                    (Whiskey's supposed to down the memories...)
"And the thing that really gets me, is (how your memory drowns the whiskey.)"
               e|---|---|              |---|
               BB|---|---|              |---|
               G+G|---|-6-|              |---|
               D MajorD|-1-|-6-|              |-6-|
               A augmentedA|-1-|-4-|              |-6-|
               D MajorD|-1-|---|              |-6-|

{Guitar 2}
e|-8b---8b---|
BB|---------6-|
G+G|----8------|
D MajorD|-----------|
A augmentedA|-----------|
D MajorD|-----------|

Outro:

"All the folks down in Lynchburg, Tennessee..."
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---4-|
D MajorD|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-6-|

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