GIN - Marie Ellis [Em] There’s a bottle of [B] gin on the shelf (pluck 4 strings, C, E, A, E) [Em] tonight I’m gonna drink it [B] all by myself [A] it’s been a long week [F] crying [D] myself to [C] sleep [A] [F] [D] [C] [Em] There’s a bottle of [B] Bourbon there too (pluck 4 strings, C, E, A, E) [Em] the bitter sweetness [B] reminds me of you [A] but it’s not a [F] great [D] memory to [C] keep [A] [F] [D] [C] [Em] you couldn’t control [B] what you would drink (pluck 4 strings, C, E, A, E) [Em] I should have poured it [B] all down the sink [A] maybe then we [F] wouldn’t be [D] where we are [C] now [A] [F] [D] [C] [Em] I think back to [B] how we began (pluck 4 strings, C, E, A, E) [Em] I remember when [B] you were my man [A] no booze every [F] night and no [D] lies to [C] me [A] [F] [D] [C] [Em] I think I’m gonna leave the [B] gin on the shelf (pluck 4 strings, C, E, A, E) [Em] I know that it is no [B] good for my health I might [A] end up [F] drinking [D] my life [C] away [A] [F] [D] [C] [Em] I think I’ll leave the [B] Bourbon there too (pluck 4 strings, C, E, A, E) [Em] you should have taken that [B] poison with you Why [A] didn’t I [F] see where [D] it all went [C] wrong [Em] I know that you preferred [B] the booze over me (pluck 4 strings, C, E, A, E) [Em] I been told that’s not the [B] way it should be But I [A] know [F] now that [D] ain’t where I [C] belong [A] [F] [D] [C] la la la la x2