The Bars Getting Lower chords by Reba Mcentire

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
|D MajorD |D MajorD |G+G |G+G | x2


Verse 1:

  D MajorD      D/F#D/F#    D/F#D/F#      D MajorD
Her mama always told her to hold out for a good man

D/F#D/F#      D MajorD     D/F#D/F#       D MajorD
Sounded like a good plan all those years ago

G+G
 A augmentedA little house with a picket fence

G+G
 Simple life with a couple kids

    B minorBm               A augmentedA
But tonight she's just looking for a shoulder

Chorus 1:

    D/F#D/F#    G+G
She was hoping for pink champagne

      D MajorD
But she'll settle for well whiskey

    G+G
Saw herself in a long white gown

  D MajorD
Not downtown gettin' tipsy

     B minorBm
And that one-night stand walking through the door

     G+G                D/F#D/F# G+G
Ain't the marrying kind, yeah that's for sure

         D MajorD   D/F#D/F# G+G
But she's gettin' older

           D MajorD
And the bar's gettin' lower


Verse 2:

  D MajorD        D/F#D/F#     D/F#D/F#        D MajorD
Her dreams are disappearing like smoke from his cigarette

  D/F#D/F#     D MajorD       D/F#D/F#     D MajorD
She hasn't said "Yes" but she's thinking she might

  G+G
The closer it gets to closing time

 G+G
A augmentedA lonely heart will take a pick-up line

B minorBm                A augmentedA
Anything to get her through the night

Chorus 2:

    D/F#D/F#    G+G
She was hoping for pink champagne

      D MajorD
But she'll settle for well whiskey

    G+G
Saw herself in a long white gown

  D MajorD
Not downtown gettin' tipsy

     B minorBm
And that drunk cowboy tellin' her lies

     G+G            D/F#D/F# G+G
Ain't the John Wayne she had in mind

         D MajorD   D/F#D/F# G+G
But she's gettin' older

           D MajorD
And the bar's gettin' lower


Interlude:
|G+G |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |


Chorus 3:

     B minorBm
She could thank you for the drink and walk away

G+G
 Live to love another day

   D MajorD       D/F#D/F# G+G
But she's gettin' older

            B minorBm   A augmentedA G+G
And the night's gettin' colder

And the bar's gettin' lower


Outro:
|D MajorD |D MajorD |G+G |G+G | x2