Barroom Lament

Intro - C  F

                      C         
I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey by 
 F
myself
I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey by 
  C
myself
  F
I wish you'd take that bottle
           Bb
And put it right back on the shelf
          F                 C     
Cause I'm tired of drinkin' 
       F
whiskey by myself

                 C             
I go down to the bar most every 
 F
night
I go down to the bar most every 
C
night
    F                              
The girls don't even notice and the
 Bb
 boys all want to fight
      F              C            
But I go down to the bar most 
  F
every night


Break - C  F

                    C              
The jukebox has not played my song 
   F
in years
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The jukebox has not played my song 
   C
in years
F                            
On this same old barstool just 
  Bb
backin' shots with beers
        F               C         
And the jukebox has not played my 
        F
song in years


                    C           F
All my friends have gone so far away
Said all my friends have gone so far
 C
 away
     F                             
They all went down to Austin Lord I
Bb
 miss 'em night and day
    F                   C         
And all my friends have gone so 
  F
far away



Solo - F  C  F  C  F  Bb  F  C  F



                    C        F
I'm really not that funny anymore
                             C
I'm really not that funny anymore
  F                        Bb
I used to be a riot, now I'm just a 
lonely bore
        F               C   
And I'm really not that funny 
     F
anymore


                          C      
Do you think that I could stay in 
           F
town with you
Do you think that I could stay in 
          C
town with you
     F                           
It's thirty miles to my place and 
     Bb
I'm feelin' tired and blue
       F                  C       
Do you think that I could stay in 
          F
town with you


                            C      
Cause I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey
      F
 by myself
I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey by 
  C
myself
  F
I wish you'd take that bottle
           Bb
And put it right back on the shelf
          F                 C     
Cause I'm tired of drinkin' 
       F     C     F
whiskey by myself