Better Than the Bottle
Recorded by Cody Jinks
Album: Single (2025)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.) 
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |
|(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / /

(Verse 1)
This (G)mornin', an old runnin' buddy dropped by
(D) It was good to see the clear in his eyes
The (C)coffee was black, but no more cigarettes (G) / / / |(G) / /
Been (G)layin' things down, one habit at a time
Never (D)thought we'd get old, now we're damn sure tryin'
(C)Makin' the most of the time that we have left (G) / / / |(G) / (G)(Gb)
(Em) We've lived a little (D)harder than the rest (C)

(Chorus)
We (G)swore like hell we'd never slow down
(D)Money we'd burn when we'd paint the town
(Am)Rollin' like we'd never see tomorrow
We were (C)chasin' that high, we had time to borrow
We were (G)out of control, like the James-Younger brothers
We were (D)hard on ourselves, we were bad for each other
So (Am)living's been done, and we pulled back on the (C)throttle
Still a (G)vice or two, but they're (D) better than the (G)bottle

(Verse 2)
Just (G)talkin' and thinkin' on the wilder days
And the (D)friends that we lost, it came back to Jay
(C)We'll never know of the problems that he knew (G)
We were (G)lucky enough to slip on through the cracks
(G)Outrun the devil and the plans that he had
(G)Lookin' back now, back then, there were no regrets (G) / / / |(G) / (G)(Gb)
(Em) Lived a little (D)harder than the rest (C)

(Chorus)
We (G)swore like hell we'd never slow down
(D)Money we'd burn when we'd paint the town
(Am)Rollin' like we'd never see tomorrow
We were (C)chasin' that high, we had time to borrow
We were (G)out of control, like the James-Younger brothers
We were (D)hard on ourselves, we were bad for each other
So (Am)living's been done, and we pulled back on the throttle (C) / / / |(C) / / / |

(Instrumental)
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Bm) / / / |(Bm) / / / |
|(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Bm) / / / |(Bm) / / / |
|(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Chorus)
We (G)swore like hell we'd never slow down
(D)Money we'd burn when we'd paint the town
(Am)Rollin' like we'd never see tomorrow
We were (C)chasin' that high, we had time to borrow
We were (G)out of control, like the James-Younger brothers
We were (D)hard on ourselves, we were bad for each other
So (Am)living's been done, and we pulled back on the (C)throttle

(Outro.)
Still got a (G)vice or two, but (D)they're better than the (C)bottle
Yeah, we still got a (G)vice or two, but they're (D) better than the (G)bottle
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We're better than the bottle |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(G) - - - - -