Whiskey Lullaby

Cannot play C# in upper octave.
I substituted D (6 blow) in three places.)

-3 -3 -3 -3”3  -2’2
Na na na na na na na

-3 -3 -3 -3”3  -3 4
Na na na na na na na


(him) -1  -3  -3”  -2 2 -1
(her) -4  -7  -6    6 5 -4
(him) She put him    out
(her) The ru- mors  flew

 -3  -4    5   5   5  5 -4   
 -7  -8    8   8   8  8 -8
Like the burn-ing end of a 
But  no    bo-dy   knew how 

 5    -4   -4   -2  -3 -3” -2
 8    -8   -8    6  -7 -6   6
Mid- night ci-  ga-   rette
much she blamed her-  self 

-1   -3   -3”  -2 2 -1
-4   -7   -6    6 5 -4
She broke his   heart
For years and   years

-3”   4    4    4    4
-6    7    7    7    7
He  spent his whole life 
She tried to  hide  the 

 4  -3  -3” 3   -3”
 7  -7  -6  6   -6
Try-ing to for- get 
Whis-ky on her breath



 4     5      5    5    5    5 -4  4
 7     8      8    8    8    8 -8  7
We  watched  him drink his pain a-way
She  final-  ly  drank her pain a-way 

4 -4  -4 -3 -3” -3
7 -8  -8  7 -6  -7
A lit-tle at a time
A lit-tle at a time 

-4  -4   5  5    5    5    5  -4  -3
-8  -8   8  8    8    8    8  -8  -7
But he  ne-ver could get drunk e-nough 
But she ne-ver could get drunk e-nough 

-3 -4  -4   4   4   -3
-7 -8  -8   7   7   -7
To get her off his mind
To get him off her mind

-3” -3 -3”-3”  -3”
-6  -7 -6 -6   -6
Un-   til the night
Un-   til the night 


-2  -3   4    -4 -4  -4 -4  -4
-6  -7   7    -8 -8  -8 -8  -8
He  put that bot-tle to his head 
She put that bot-tle to her head

-3”  -3     4    -3 -3
-6   -7     7    -7 -7
And pulled the trig-ger
And pulled the trig-ger

-2   -3” -3   -3  -3 -3  -3” -2 -2’-2
 6   -6  -7   -7  -7 -7  -6   6  6  6
He  fin-ally drank a-way her me- mo-ry
And fin-ally drank a-way his me- mo-ry

 -3  -4  -4
 -7  -8  -8
Life is short
Life is short 

-3   -4   -4  4  -3   -3 -3”
-7   -8   -8  7  -7   -7 -6
But this time it was big-ger 
But this time it was big-ger

-2   -3”    -3    -3  -3 
 6   -6     -7    -7  -7
Than the strength he  had 
Than the strength she had 

-2 -3  -3 -3” -2’  -2
 6 -7  -7 -6   6    6
To get up off his knees
To get up off her knees 



-3” -3    -4  -4   4
-6  -7    -8  -8   7
We found him with his 
We found her with her 

 -3   -3” -3 -3” -3” -2
 -7   -6  -7 -6  -6   6
Face down in the pil-low 
Face down in the pil-low 

 -2  -2  -3”  -3”  -3”
  6   6  -6   -6   -6  6  
 With a note that says 
Cling-ing to his pic-ture 

                  -3”  -3” -2  -2  -2’  -2
 -5   5    -4             
                 I’ll love her till I   die 
 for dear life

-2  -2   -3” -3   4  -4
 6   6   -6  -7   7  -8
And when we  bur-ied him 
We laid her  next to him 

4   -4   -3   -3 -3”
7   -8   -7   -7 -6
Be-neath the wil-low
Be-neath the wil-low

        2 -2 -2   -2
 -4     5  6  6    6
      The an-gels sang 
While the an-gels sang 

-3”  -3 -3” -2 -2’ 2
-6   -7 -6   6  6  5
 A whis-key lul-la-by
 A whis-key lul-la-by


-3 -3 -3 -3”3  -2’2
Na na na na na na na

-3 -3 -3 -3”3  -3 4
Na na na na na na na