E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|---2---4-2-0---------2---------------------------| A|-0---00------4----44---------------0-2----22-4-2-| E|------------------------02----02-4---------------| [Chorus] D F#m E E|---2---------2---------0----| B|---3---------2---------0----| G|---2---------2---------1----| D|---0---------4---------2----| A|---x---------4---------2----| E|---x---------2---------0----| ***************************************************************** [Verse] [Main Riff] E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|---2---4-2-0---------2---------------------------| x8 A|-0---00------4----44---------------0-2----22-4-2-| E|------------------------02----02-4---------------| Life is short in spite of your plans So tell the girls they're pretty while you can Cause one day they're gone, and all ya got left is some empty bottles and an old country song that plays on and on I've wasted my time with these cigarettes and these ashes are all I got left I watch this old town and nothing's left for me Washed down stream and into the sea [Chorus] D F#m E E|---2---------2---------0----| B|---3---------2---------0----| G|---2---------2---------1----| D|---0---------4---------2----| A|---x---------4---------2----| E|---x---------2---------0----| D F#m Cause this big old river will kill us in time E D Till then we'll drink it's weight in cheap beer and wine F#m E We can drink just as fast as the river is strong N.C. And we'll drink till we're gone [Verse] [Main Riff] E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|---2---4-2-0---------2---------------------------| x4 A|-0---00------4----44---------------0-2----22-4-2-| E|------------------------02----02-4---------------| We'll drink till we're gone Life is short in spite of your plans So tell the girls they're pretty while you can Cause one day they're gone, and all ya got left is some empty bottles and an old country song [Chorus] D F#m E E|---2---------2---------0----| B|---3---------2---------0----| G|---2---------2---------1----| D|---0---------4---------2----| A|---x---------4---------2----| E|---x---------2---------0----| D F#m Cause this big old river will kill us in time E D Till then we'll drink it's weight in cheap beer and wine F#m E We can drink just as fast as the river is strong N.C. And we'll drink till we're gone [Main Riff] E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|---2---4-2-0---------2---------------------------| x2 A|-0---00------4----44---------------0-2----22-4-2-| E|------------------------02----02-4---------------| We'll drink till we're gone [Outro] A E|---0---| B|---2---| G|---2---| D|---2---| A|---0---| E|---x---|