I made this tab to help myself learn this song, and since I am a beginner this song is probably off. I read
the chords from a live video of Riley playing. Feel free to correct this tab or add it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLIADRLKmKE
Capo 2
[Intro]
Bm A G
[Verse]
Bm A G
Slipped out of town without a handshake or goodbye just this old guitar I had stars in my eyes
Bm A G
I was playing bars I was meeting girls I wasn't livin right but I was staying high every night
G
underneath the glow of the neon lights
Bm A G
one morning I woke up with bottles as far as I could see when I closed my eyes and I drifted
N.C.
back to sleep I saw
[Chorus]
D A G D A G
the way momma looked at me even though I know I had to be hell to raise man I raised some hell
D A G D A G
heard daddy say son 'get your lazy ass up' there aint no sense in sleeping all day
Bm A G Bm A G
I thought about my folks back home and how they cared about me so made me wanna set this bottle down...
Almost.
[Interlude]
D G
[Verse]
Bm A G
Through the haze of a smokey old saloon saw a girl cutting me a grin from across the room
G
and I swear she had wings
Bm A
she loved to hear me play guitar and I loved to watch her dance
G
and I loved to hear her sing
Bm A
one night she layed down the law told me that I had to make a choice
G N.C.
when I closed my eyes and I listened to her voice I saw
[Chorus]
D A G D
The first time we held hands
A G
I saw the first time that we danced
D A G
I saw that one night on the creek
D A G
and that night you snuck out of your dorm and met me down on Mountain Street
Bm A G Bm
I thought about that summer we spent down on the coast
A G N.C.
made me wanna set this bottle down... Almost.
[Interlude]
D G
[Verse]
Bm A
One last time I found myself down and out
G
I was just outside of Birmingham in some no-name town
Bm A
I couldnt recall the night before when I drank myself to sleep
G
so I threw on this old ball cap and stumbled out into the street
Bm A
too many nights the same ol' same I got lost in this damn crown
G N.C.
but when I packed up my guitar case I took one last look around and I saw...
[Chorus]
D A G
That old barn where I killed my first truck
D A G
and I walked my bird dog bo past the pond where we killed our first duck
D A G
I saw grandpa's garden and I could still see them pretty vines
D A G
though its been some time since they've held a muscadine
D A G
I thought about how grandma's house still smells the same
D A G
even though its been a few years now since I've seen her face
Bm A G
.....so I raised my glass up for one last toast
Bm A G
.....and finally set this bottle down... Almost.
[Outro]
D G
