Intro: D   A    E    A 

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It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool 
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It won't hurt when I stumble in the street 
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It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery 
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Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me 

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Today I had another bout with sorrow 
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You know this time I almost won 
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If this bottle would just hold out 'til tomorrow 
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I know that I would have sorrow on the run 

            A             D                                 A                 
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool 
            A                    D                E                     
It won't hurt when I stumble in the street 
            A                           D                A                 
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery 
  D      A                  E                           A           
Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me 






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Your memory comes back up with each sunrise 
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I reach up for the bottle and find it's gone 
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Yeah lord somewhere every night the whiskey leaves me 
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To face this cold cold world on my own 

            A             D                                 A                 
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool 
            A                    D                E                     
It won't hurt when I stumble in the street 
            A                           D                A                 
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery 
  D      A                  E                           A           
Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me 
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Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me 
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Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me