INTRO
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
VERSE 1
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He was nearly died, when he returned to the town where he'd come from
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He's brown baggin' it tonight, behind some tavern
[A] [A] [G] [D]
Somebody wrecked his life, and I bet you it was his darlin’
[A] [A] [G] [D]
Somebody wrecked his life, and I bet you it was his darlin'
CHORUS
[D] [A] [G]
So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang
[D] [A] [G]
Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang
[D] [A] [G]
Died in the gutter on his feet and his hands
[D] [A] [D]
Same hands that once touched her face
DF RAIN, same as intro
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
VERSE 2
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He was nearly died, when he returned to the town he'd come from
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He's hanging out drinking beer with his brother in-law
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He was a drinker at night and in the morning he was unnerving
[A] [A] [G] [D]
He was a drinker both times of day that he lost his darlin'
CHORUS
[D] [A] [G]
So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang
[D] [A] [G]
Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang
[D] [A] [G]
Died in the gutter on his feet and his hands
[D] [A] [D]
Same hands that once touched her face
DF RAIN/G O
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [A] [G] [D]
CHORUS
[D] [A] [G]
So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang
[D] [A] [G]
Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang
[D] [A] [G]
Died in the gutter on his feet and his hands
[D] [A] [D]
Same hands that once touched her face
