Drank My Wife Away(Chords)

	        
 

Intro:  D A D 

D                                G 
Lately I been drinkin? too much whiskey 
D                              A 
I been, gettin? drunk now everyday 
D                             G 
I can't sober up, to face the heartache 
D              A             D 
Knowin? that I Drank My Wife Away 

D                                 G 
She told me to stop drinkin?, or she'd leave me 
D                                   A 
I never heard one word she tried to say 
D                                   G 
Instead of holdin? her, I held the bottle 
D               A             D 
Until I finally Drank My Wife Away 

 
G                              D 
Just pour me, a double shot of whiskey 
                                     A 
I'll be here, till I drink up all my pay 
    D (stop)                              G 
Between Jim Beam, George Dickel, and Jack Daniel?s 
D                           A             D 
I guess(think) I?ll finally Drank My Wife Away. 


D                                  G 
I been tryin? hard, to drowned my sorrow 
D                              A 
Ever since that woman, went a stray 
D                                          G 
And the jukebox knows that I'm bound, and determined 
D                A             D 
To do my best to Drank My Wife Away. 

D                                     G 
Please don't cut me off, or I?ll go crazy 
D                                A 
I've lost, everything except my mind 
D                                  G 
Now I'll give my car keys, to the barmaid 
D                          A       D 
You can call me a cab, at closin? time. 

Chorus 

D                  A             D 
I think I finally Drank My Wife Away
	        

Written by David Allan Coe