Wish Upon a Whiskey
Recorded by Luke Combs
Album: The Way I Am (2026)

(Capo on 3)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / / |(D/F#) / / / |(Em) / / / |(C) / / - - -

(Verse)
(G) Jack Daniels, Black label
(D/F#) Empty dining room table
(Em)Here we go again another
(C)Last resort so help me (Cm)Jesus
(G) The silence, so quiet
(D) It's filling my mind
With (Em)everything we were that wasn't
(C)Once again I thought of peace (Cm)and
 
(Chorus)
I (G)gave up on a shooting star
It'd (Am)had to fall down way too far
To (C)fix this kinda feeling that I'm (D)feeling
I (G)tried the back pew of that church
Read (Am)every chapter, every verse
But (C)all my prayers they always hit the (D)ceiling
So I do the (Am)only thing that don't make me feel (Bm)empty
Pull that (C)bottle out and (D)wish upon a (G)whiskey
 
(Verse)
(G) No chance at redemption
(D) When there's no one listening
(Em)Trying to keep my head above the
(C)Water, I'm my own worst enemy
(D) 'Cause I just keep drowning in this (C)Tennessee (D)
 
(Chorus)
I (G)gave up on a shooting star
It'd (Am)had to fall down way too far
To (C)fix this kinda feeling that I'm (D)feeling
I (G)tried the back pew of that church
Read (Am)every chapter, every verse
But (C)all my prayers they always hit the (D)ceiling
So I do the (Am)only thing that don't make me feel (Bm)empty
Pull that (C)bottle out and (D)wish upon a (G)whiskey
 
(Instrumental)
 / / / |(D/F#) / / / |(Em) / / / |(C) / (D) / |

(Bridge)
(G) Here comes the burn, (C) I love to hate
(Em) It's all I got, (D) ever since
 
(Chorus)
I (G)gave up on a shooting star
It'd (Am)had to fall down way too far
To (C)fix this kinda feeling that I'm (D)feeling
I (G)tried the back pew of that church
Read (Am)every chapter, every verse
But (C)all my prayers they always hit the (D)ceiling
So I do the (Am)only thing that don't make me feel (Bm)empty
Pull that (C)bottle out and (D)wish upon a (G)whiskey

(Outro.)
/ / / |(Am) / / / |(Em) / / / |(C) - - - (D) - - - |(G) - - - - -