C Will I ask my old buddy to call her on the phone G7 He'll say I'm working late again once more she'll be alone C C7 F But I'll sit here in this barroom just as long as I can C F C G7 C Cause the bottle in the hand is much stronger than the man F C After all I've said and done she should leave me on the run F C G7 Cause I've hurt her just as much as I can C C7 F But I'll keep up my sinful livin' and she'll go on forgivin' C F C G7 C She knows the bottle in the hand is much stronger than the man I'd go home if I was able cause this night life's gettin' old G7 Like the food on the table our love is growing cold C C7 F But she goes to bed each evening without her loving man C F C G7 C Because the bottle in the hand is much stronger than the man F C After all I've said and done she should leave me on the run F C G7 Cause I've hurt her every way that I can C C7 F But I'll keep up my sinful livin' and she'll go on forgivin' C F C G7 C She knows the bottle in the hand is much stronger than the man