♫ Intro: D G ♫ Verse 1: C He asked if I'm from 'round here D G I said somewhere just down the beach Em Where we watch the water C D Meet the sunset every night down on the dock C I finished my shift at the beach bar D
Grabbed the bottle out of my car Em And he laid with me G D G As we drank whiskey under the Carolina stars ♫ Chorus: G Yeah but now that bottle's empty C G And he's up and gone and left me C G He's headed back on home to Tennessee D And there ain't nothing I can do G Something 'bout the way he kissed me C G Told me he wouldn't be just a memory C G But all he left me was some footprints D G In the sand from his boots ♫ Verse 2: G C He said "Let's meet back here tomorrow D G At my sunburnt Silverado Em C No this ain't the whiskey talking D I wanna show you where I'm from" G C I wish I had the chance to tell him D G Why I couldn't leave here with him Em C Dad's been laid up, sacked for three years now D G And I'm all that he's got left ♫ Chorus: G Yeah but now that bottle's empty C G And he's up and gone and left me C G He's headed back on home to Tennessee D And there ain't nothing I can do G Something 'bout the way he kissed me C G Told me he wouldn't be just a memory C G But all he left me was some footprints D Em G In the sand from his boots ♫ Interlude: C Em G ♫ Bridge: G C Hey yeah G C It's been three weeks since he left town D G I didn't think that he'd come back 'round Em C But now his truck's parked outside my house D And it ain't going nowhere soon ♫ Chorus: G Yeah and now that bottle's empty C G 'Cause he brought my dad's favorite whiskey C G He drove here all the way from Tennessee D To say "I'm crazy over you" G Something 'bout the way he kissed me C G Told me he wouldn't be just a memory C G Yeah he best be getting used to D G Having sand in his boots C Yeah he best be getting used to D G D G Having sand in his boots