Bottle In The Mailbox chords by Lonesome Val

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Night has been
D 
falling all day long
G 
And I wait for you,
D 
for you to come back home
F 
C 
I even set you a place at supper time
F 
A 
TV dinner, peanut butter, and home fries
G 
I'm a doctor's wife,
D 
I eat a balanced meal
G 
D 
There's this hole in me I never can fulfill
F 
C 
No line of diapers flappin' in the breeze
F 
A 
No broken toys or bandaged knees
G 
Just a bottle in the mailbox
D 
and in the coffee can
G 
And underneath the bed
D 
where it all began
F 
C 
Wrapped in blankets, pink and blue
F 
A 
Behind the crib, no one will use
Bm 
D 
G 
D 
A 
Rock -a -bye, my little one
Bm 
G 
Rock -a -bye, my child
D 
Em 
A 
Day is done, day is done
G 
Into the quiet of the night
D 
as I lay me down
G 
Into the tinkling ice
D 
in my glass of triple crown
F 
Well I know I should do
C 
something all day long
F 
Waking up 's a full -time job
A 
when you drink till dawn
G 
Yeah, there's a bottle in the mailbox
D 
and in the coffee can
G 
And underneath the bed
D 
where it all began
F 
C 
Wrapped in blankets, pink and blue
F 
A 
Behind the crib no one will use
D 
G 
D 
A 
Rock -a -bye my little one
Bm 
G 
Rock -a -bye my child
D 
Em 
A 
Day is done, day is done
G 
D 
Jack and Jill climbing up a hill
G 
D 
Jill fell down in all the jewels in her crown
F 
They lie scattered like I'm
C 
sorries in the room
F 
Scattered like the roses
C 
in perfume
F 
Scattered like the diamond
C 
rings and things
F 
C 
Tropical vacations every spring
F 
And scattered like the bottles
C 
each day brings
G 
There's a bottle in the mailbox
D 
and in the coffee can
G 
And underneath the bed
D 
where it all began
G 
D 