THE BOTTOM
Chris Stapleton
Album: Higher
Submitted by: Christopher R.
11/30/2023

Capo 4th Fret (to match original recording)

Intro: (F) (C) (F) (C)

(Am) Love is a mystery
(C) It's a tricky thing
(Am) It's more than a word
(C) More than a ring
(Dm) When the right thing (Am) turns to wrong
(Dm) Turns into a (Am) lonesome song
(Dm) And everybody (Am) knows how it goes when it (G) does

   The (F) bottle holds the whiskey
   The whiskey holds the man
   The (C) man holds the bottle when it's all that's left
   And the (F) left-hand lights what the right hand holds
   The (C) smoke can't hide what the heart regrets
  'Cause the (F) heart holds the memory
   And the (G) memory holds thе past
   And the (Am) past holds the woman
   At the (F) bottom of thе glass
   So I don't have a (C) problem
   If I don't see the (G) bottom

(F) (C)

I played it all over
Over in my mind
I'm lookin' for the reasons
I just can't find
Wish I knew what I could blame
Without a moment I could name
I don't have a thing that I recall

(Repeat Chorus)

(Solo) 

  'Cause the (F) heart holds the memory
   And the (G) memory holds thе past
   And the (Am) past holds the woman
   At the (F) bottom of the glass
   So I don't have a (C) problem
   If I don't see the (G) bottom

   Oh, the (F) hurt's holdin' me
   And (G) I'm holdin' on
   To a (Am) hundred-proof truth
   And a (F) hope that's long gone
   So I don't have a (C) problem
   If I don't see the (G) bottom

(F) (C) (F) (C)