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Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E) Key: Ab 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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---1---1---| A|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----------------| D|-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---| B|---------6-6-----------9-| G|----8--------------------| (time this out with the song; it doesn't match up above) D|-------------------------| A|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|
Verse 1: "All the folks down in Lynchburg, Tennessee..." e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---1---1---| A|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----------------| D|-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|-----------------------|---| |---| |---| D|-----------------------|---| |---| |---| D|-----------------------|---| |-6-| |---| D|-----------------------|-1-| |-6-| |-6-| D|-----3---3---3---------|-1-| |-4-| |-6-| D|-6-6---6---6---6-------|-1-| |---| |-6-| "And the thing that really gets me, is how your memory drowns the whiskey." e|---|---| |---| B|---|---| |---| G|---|-6-| |---| D|-1-|-6-| |-6-| A|-1-|-4-| |-6-| D|-1-|---| |-6-| Verse 2: "Maybe it's the bar or the stool I'm on..." e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---1---1---| A|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----4---4---4---|-----------------| D|-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|----------------------|---| |---| |---| D|----------------------|---| |---| |---| D|----------------------|---| |-6-| |---| D|----------------------|-1-| |-6-| |-6-| D|-----3---3---3--------|-1-| |-4-| |-6-| D|-6-6---6---6---6------|-1-| |---| |-6-| "And the thing that really gets me, is how your memory drowns the whiskey." e|---|---| |---| B|---|---| |---| G|---|-6-| |---| D|-1-|-6-| |-6-| A|-1-|-4-| |-6-| D|-1-|---| |-6-| Steel Guitar: Bridge: "Girl I'm living proof, that 80 proof, ain't got a shot, at touching you..." e|---| |---| B|---| |---| G|---| |---| D|-8-| |-1-| A|-8-| |-1-| D|-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|---|---| |---| B|---|---| |---| G|---|-6-| |---| D|-1-|-6-| |-6-| A|-1-|-4-| |-6-| D|-1-|---| |-6-| {Guitar 2} e|-8b---8b---| B|---------6-| G|----8------| D|-----------| A|-----------| D|-----------| Outro: "All the folks down in Lynchburg, Tennessee..." e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| A|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----4---4---4---4-| D|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-|-6-6---6---6---6-6-|
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