Verse 1
 
G                              C                   Em 
She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette 
G                      C                                D 
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget 
Em                                     G 
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time 
       Em                              G 
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind 
          D 
Until the night 
 
Chorus 1
 
   G                                              D 
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger 
     Em                     C 
And finally drank away her memory 
  G                                  D 
Life is short but this time it was bigger 
            Em                              C 
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees 
 G                                       D 
We found him with his face down in the pillow 
  Em                                       C 
With a note that said I'll love her till I die 
G                                   D 
And when we buried him beneath the willow 
       C                     Em 
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby 
  Em                      C 
la la la la la la la lalalalala 
 
Verse 2
 
G                              C                   Em 
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself 
G                      C                                D 
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath 
Em                                     G 
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time 
Em                                     G 
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind 
  D 
Until the night 
 
Chorus 2
 
G                                              D 
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger 
  Em                     C 
And finally drank away his memory 
 G                                  D 
Life is short but this time it was bigger 
 Em                              C 
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees 
G                                       D 
We found her with her face down in the pillow 
Em                                       C 
Clinging to his picture for dear life 
G                                   D 
We laid her next to him beneath the willow 
  C                     Em 
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby 
 
Interlude
 
 Em                      C 
la la la la la la la lalalalala