Key: G#m
Intro:
G#m A#m Cb C# D#
Fb F# D#
Verse 1:
G#m
A#m Cb
It can't be said I'm an early bird
C# D# Fb
It's 10 o'clock before I say a word
F#
Baby, I can never tell
D#
How do you sleep so well?
G#m
You keep tellin' me to live right
A#m Cb
To go to bed before the daylight
C# D# Fb
But then you wake up for the sunrise
Cb
You know you don't gotta pretend
A#m
Baby, now and then
Pre-Chorus:
G#m
Don't you just wanna wake up
Dark as a lake
A#m Cb
Smellin' like a bonfire
C# D#
Lost in a haze?
Fb
If you're drunk on life, babe
I think it's great
F#
But while in this world
Chorus:
D# G#m
I think I'll take my whiskey neat
A#m Cb
My coffee black and my bed at three
Fb
You're too sweet for me
F# D#
You're too sweet for me
G#m
I take my whiskеy neat
A#m Cb
My coffee black and my bed at three
Fb
You're too sweet for mе
F# D#
You're too sweet for me
Non-Lyrical Vocals:
G#m A#m Cb C# D#
Fb Cb A#m
Verse 2:
G#m
I aim low
A#m Cb
I aim true, and the ground's where I go
C# D# Fb
I work late where I'm free from the phone
And the job gets done
F# D#
But you worry some, I know
G#m
But who wants to live forever, babe?
A#m Cb C# D#
You treat your mouth as if it's Heaven's gate
Fb
The rest of you like you're the TSA#
Cb
I wish that I could go along
A#m
Babe, don't get me wrong
Pre-Chorus:
G#m
You know you're bright as the morning
As soft as the rain
A#m Cb
Pretty as a vine
C# D#
As sweet as a grape
Fb
If you can sit in a barrel
Maybe I'll wait
F#
Until that day
Chorus:
D# G#m
I'd rather I'll take my whiskey neat
A#m Cb
My coffee black and my bed at three
Fb
You're too sweet for me
F# D#
You're too sweet for me
G#m
I take my whiskеy neat
A#m Cb
My coffee black and my bed at three
Fb
You're too sweet for mе
F# D#
You're too sweet for me
Non-Lyrical Vocals:
G#m A#m Cb C# D#
Fb F# D#
G#m A#m Cb C# D#
Fb F# D#
Outro:
G#m
I take my whiskеy neat
A#m Cb
My coffee black and my bed at three
Fb
You're too sweet for mе
F# D#
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