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