VerseBb
Brady was a baseball star
DmGmEb
Til he struck out and took his car and drove away, mmmm
Bb
Sissy lost her little boy
DmGmEb
Hitch-hiked up to Illinois, so they say
Verse:
Cm
Then it rained so hard that Mary tried
Gm
To take her life with suicide
CmF
And disappear just like the thunder
Cm
You ask around and no-one knows
Gm
Where they went or what they do
F
But you wonder, I know you wonder
Bb
Where do they go?
D
They come here
EbEbm
To drown in their sorrow and cry in their beer
BbD
They?re in need of a mindbender
Eb
I?m a bartender
C7
At the end of the day
BbF
I?m all they?ve got
FBb
Hope on the rocks
Verse:
Bb
Charlie?s wife filed for divorce
DmGmEb
And Charlie bought a quarter horse and now he's ridin' fences, mmmmm
Bb
Upside down and couldn?t pay
Dm
They hauled Sue's mobile home away
GmEb
And we ain?t seen her since
Verse:
Cm
Larry?s long time fiance'
Gm
Got kicked out of the P.T.A.
CmF
And moved her kids back east with someone else
Cm
All and the ones you used to know
Gm
Don?t drop in or say hello
Cm
But you ask yourself
F
I know you ask yourself
Bb
Where do they go?
D
They come here
EbEbm
To drown in their sorrow and cry in their beer
BbD
They?re in need of a mindbender
Eb
I?m a bartender
C7
At the end of the day
BbF
I?m all they?ve got
FBb
Hope on the rocks
Instrumental: BbDEb Ebm, BbDEbEbmBb
Where do they go?
D
They come here
EbEbm
To drown in their sorrow and cry in their beer
BbD
They?re in need of a mindbender
Eb
I?m a bartender
C7
At the end of the day
BbF
I?m all they?ve got
FBbBbDEbC7
Hope on the rocks
BbDEbEbmBb
noo ooh oo-oh oh yeah yeah
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.