Tonight the bottle let down
Merle Haggard 


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Each night I leave the barroom when it's over
                                A7
Not feeling any pain at closing time

But tonight you memory found me much to sober
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Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind

(Chorus)

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Tonight the bottle let down
                          A7
and let you memory come around

The one true friend I thought I'd found
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Tonight the bottle let down 

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I've always had a bottle I could turn to
                                  A7
And lately I've been turning everyday

But the wind don't take effect the way it used to
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And I'm hurting in an old familiar way

(Repeat Chorus)
 
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Tonight the bottle let down