{By Emory Gordon Jr. Jim Rushing)
As Sung By Patty Loveless on Mountain Soul
A A E F#m A E
He sits all alone in his easy chair
A E A A E
Staring back on his lost yesterdays
A A E F#m A E
Long before he encountered the bottle
A E A A E A A E
And the demons that drove her away
A A E F#m A E
In his hand he is holding her photograph
A E A A E
Her image all tear-stained and worn
A A E F#m A E
Tonight he's embracing reality
A E A A (bass walk A B C#)
And he curses the day he was born
Chorus:
D A
And the darkness still echoes her warning
D A F#m
You can't have two loves in your life
A
Now the things that will haunt him
D
Until the day that he dies
A
Is the smell of cheap whiskey
E A A
And the sound of goodbye
A F#m
Since the hour that she left he's been sober
A E A
And each breath that he draws makes him think
A F#m
About the light of his life gone forever
A E A
When he traded her love for a drink
(chorus x2), between play:
D (4 meas) A (2 m) E (1 m) A (3 m )
Notes: Between A and D and from D to A there are bass
walk-up (A B C# D) and walk downs (D C# B A) in a lot of
places. Listen to it, it'll make sense.
My first submission. Hope someone likes it!