Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down chords by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Chords with lyrics

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

🎸 Intro:
A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA
A majorA G+G D MajorD D MajorD


🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD
Each night I leave the barroom when it's over
  D MajorD              A augmentedA
Not feelin' any pain at closing time
  A augmentedA
But tonight your memory found me much to sober
     A augmentedA                D MajorD
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind.

🎸 Chorus:
 D MajorD
Tonight the bottle let me down
  D MajorD            A augmentedA
And let your memories come around
  A augmentedA
The one true friend I thought I've found
 A augmentedA            D MajorD
Tonight the bottle let me down.

🎸 Interlude:
D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD
D D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA
A majorA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA
A majorA A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD

🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD
I've always had a bottle I could turn to
  D MajorD               A augmentedA
And lately I've been turning every day
  A augmentedA
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to do
    A augmentedA            D MajorD
Now I'm hurtin' an old familiar way.

🎸 Chorus:
 D MajorD
Tonight the bottle let me down
  D MajorD            A augmentedA
And let your memories come around
  A augmentedA
The one true friend I thought I've found
 A augmentedA            D MajorD
Tonight the bottle let me down
 A augmentedA            D MajorD
Tonight the bottle let me down