Key: G major•
Intro 1
G
D
Em
C
D
Verse 1
D
G
For John and James and Mother Mary
Em
C
And I'm no saint and that's my
ball and chain
D
Verse 2
D
G
I always drink my fill until it
Em
C
Knocks me down and tangles
up my brain
D
Verse 3
G
D
And the firewater is the one thing to put
Interlude 1
out the flame
G
D
Em
C
D
Verse 4
D
G
D
Telling myself the same old stories
Em
C
Drinking that blood and calling
it holy wine
D
Verse 5
G
D
Looking in windows
G
C
and seeing a stranger
G
D
a fallen angel
Em
C
Feeling my bones getting old
long before their time
D
Verse 6
G
D
And the firewater gotcha
G
D
talking in circles again
Verse 7
D
G
D
It's an empty bottle passing around
G
Bm
D
And the firewater is the one
thing to put out the flame
G
Verse 8
D
G
C
Take me home, take me home
D
divine
Interlude 2
G
D
Em
C
G
D
G
Verse 9
C
D
Take me home, take me home
C
Verse 10
D
G
D
Cause it's a short life, it's a hell of a life,
G
D
And the firewater is the one thing
C
G
Bm
D
Yeah, the firewater is the one
thing to put out the flame
G
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D Em C Bm
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