In The End, You’ll Lose: © by Verne Garrison January 12, 2005
Tabbed by:  bluerabbit10

(D) I was a drinker, (G) once
(A) 	 I could handle more than (D) you
(D) In time booze turned me into a (G) dunce
(A) 	 Now I am low-down, out and (D) blue

(D) Just keep it up (G) son
(A) 	 Pour down some more that (D) booze
(D) You’ll think you are really the (G) one
(E7) But I tell you, in the  end (A) you’ll (D) lose

(D) John Barleycorn is the son of the (G) devil
(A) 	 He will give more rope that you can (D) use
(D) You’ll believe you’re straight strong and (G) level
(E7) Just another number on the (A) evening (D) news

(D) Brag about your honk-tonk (G) tours
(A) 	 And the women you’ve met and (D) had
(B) 	 Turns out, none of them are (E) yours
(E7) And songs you sang are but (A) fads

(D) But you keep on a plug- (G) in
(A) 	 You may get another (D) chance
(B) 	 Your two fisted slug-(E) in
(E7) Speeds you to your (A) last (D) dance