This is the best way to play this song I think...
G, D, Em, D, C, G, Am
G D
Well, me an' my lady had our first big fight,
Em D
So I drove around 'til I saw the neon light.
C G
A corner bar, an it just seemed right.
Am
So I pulled up.
G D
Not a soul around but the old bar keep,
Em D
Down at the end an' looking half asleep.
C G
An he walked up, an' said : "What'll it be?"
Am
I said: "The good stuff."
C G (Quick three strum)
He didn't reach around for the whiskey;
C G
He didn't pour me a beer.
C G
His blue eyes kinda went misty,
Am
He said: "You can't find that here.
G D
'Cause it's the first long kiss on a second date.
Em D
Momma's all worried when you get home late.
C G
And droppin' the ring in the spaghetti plate,
Am
'Cause your hands are shakin' so much.
G D
An' it's the way that she looks with the rice in her hair.
Em D
n' eatin' burnt suppers, the whole first year,
C G Am, Am(2 frets up), asus, D
An' askin' for seconds to keep her from tearin' up.
G, D, Em, D, C, G, Am,
Yeah, man, that's the good stuff.
G D
He grabbed a carton of milk an' her poured a glass.
Em D
An' I smiled an' said: "I'll have some of that."
C G
We sat there an' talked as an hour passed,
Am
Like old friends.
G D
I saw a black an' white picture an' it caught my stare,
Em D
It was a pretty girl with bouffant hair.
C
He said: "That's my Bonnie,
G Am
"Taken 'bout a year after we were wed."
C G
He said: "Spent five years in the bottle,
C G
"When the cancer took her from me.
C G
"But I've been sober three years now,
Am
"'Cause the one thing stronger than the whiskey:
G D
"Was the sight of her holdin' my baby girl.
Em D
"The way she adored that string of pearls,
C G
"I gave her the day that our youngest boy, Earl,
Am
"Married his high school love."
G D
"An' it's a new tee-shirt saying: 'I'm a Grandpa'.
Em D
"Bein' right there as our time got small,
C G Am, Am(2 frets up), asus, D
"An' holdin' her hand, when the Good Lord called her up,
G, D, Em, D, C, G, Am,
"Yeah, man, that's the good stuff."
C G
He said: "When you get home, she'll start to cry.
C G
"When she says: 'I'm sorry,' say: 'So am I.'
C G
"An' look into those eyes, so deep in love,
Am, Am(2 frets up), asus, D
"An' drink it up.
G, D, Em, D, C, G, Am,
"'Cause that's the good stuff.
"That's the good stuff.
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