Alison Krauss:  
Whiskey Lullaby

 
Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley Duet 
 
 
Intro: Bm   G 
 
            D             G                             Bm 
She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette 
     A         D        G                                 A 
She broke his heart he spent his whole life trying to forget 
    Bm                          A  D 
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time 
       Bm                       A   D 
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind 
         A 
Until tonight... 
 
 
Chorus 1: 
             D                      G          A 
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger 
     Bm                     A   G 
And finally drank away her memory 
D                                   A 
Life is short but this time it was bigger 
          Bm                        A        G 
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees 
      D                                    A 
They found him with his face down in the pillow 
        Bm                           A     G  
With a note that said I'll love her til I die 
      D                             A 
And when we buried him beneath the willow 
     G                          Bm 
The angel's sang a whiskey lullaby 
Bm                                       G 
La la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la  
Bm                                       G 
La la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la  
 
 
            D          G                               Bm 
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself 
     A         D         G                                 A 
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath 
    Bm                       A  D 
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time 
         Bm                       A  D 
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind 
           A 
Until the night... 
 
 
Chorus 2: 
              D                      G          A 
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger 
     Bm                     A   G 
And finally drank away his memory 
D                                   A 
Life is short but this time it was bigger 
          Bm                         A        G 
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees 
     D                                     A 
We found her with her face down in the pillow 
Bm                       A        G  
Clinging to his picture for dear life 
     D                               A 
We laid her next to him beneath the willow 
       G                          Bm 
While angel's sang a whiskey lullaby 
Bm                                       G   Bm  G 
La la la la la la la,  La la la la la la la      
(repeat to fade)