SONG:   The Bottle Let Me Down
ARTIST: Merle Haggard


[D]Each night I leave the barroom when it’s over 
[D]Not feeling any pain at closing [A7]time 
[A7]But tonight your memory found me much to sober 
[A7]Couldn’t drink enough to keep you off my [D]mind 

    
[D]I’ve always had a bottle I could turn to 
[D]And lately I’ve been turning every [A7]day 
[A7]But the wine don’t take effect the way it used to 
[A7]And I’m hurting in an old familiar [D]way 


CHORUS  
[D]Tonight the bottle let me down 
[D]And let your memory come [A7]around 
[A7]The one true friend I thought I’d found 
[A7]Tonight the bottle let me [D]down 



You can add a D7 at the end of the first line of each verse and 
the end of the first line in the chorus for spice