Verse
 
C                F C                 F 
Ash on the carpet, stains on the wall 
C                                       F           C       F 
Everybody’s here cuz they’re better off drowning in alcohol 
C                            F C                        F 
Singing along with the jukebox washed in grit and grease 
C 
She floated in one Saturday and redeemed the place 
 
Chorus
 
Am                 C 
She’s my dive bar sweetheart 
Am              C 
Angel of cheap gin 
Am       A#                       G 
I don’t want to think what I’d of been 
            F        C        F 
Without my dive bar sweetheart 
 
Verse
 
C                              F 
Trading jokes with the regulars 
C                            F 
Dancing with the Vietnam vets 
C                                   F      C 
Lighting the whole place up like a million cigarettes 
 
Chorus
Am           C 
my dive bar sweetheart 
Am             C 
Angel of well gin 
Am       A#                        G 
I don’t want to think what I’d of been 
            F        C       F 
without my dive bar sweetheart 
 
Verse
 
C                      F 
I swear I saw it happen 
C                   F 
under the neon glare 
C 
The smoke parted and god put a halo around her hair. 
 
Chorus
Am           C 
my dive bar sweetheart 
Am             C 
Angel of well gin 
Am       A#                        G 
I don’t want to think what I’d of been 
            F        C       F 
without my dive bar sweetheart