The Bottle Let Me Down Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays407

The Bottle Let Me Down by Merle Haggard is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
Text
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  			D 
Each night I leave the barroom when it's over 
                                A7 
Not feeling any pain at closing time 
A7 
But tonight you memory found me much to sober 
                                         D 
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind 
 
  D                          
Tonight the bottle let down 
                         A7 
and let you memory come around 
A7 
The one true friend I thought I'd found 
                       D 
Tonight the bottle let down  
 
I've always had a bottle I could turn to 
And lately I've been turning everyday 
But the wind don't take effect the way it used to 
And I'm hurting in an old familiar way 
 
CHORUS 
 
Tonight the bottle let down   
    	

Chord diagrams

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