Drank Like A River

INTRO
[A]     [A]     [G]     [D]

[A]     [A]     [G]     [D]


VERSE 1
[A]     [A]                                                 [G]                   [D]
          He was nearly died, when he returned to the town where he'd come from

[A]     [A]                                                [G]            [D]
          He's brown baggin' it tonight, behind some tavern

[A]     [A]                                                 [G]                   [D]
          Somebody wrecked his life, and I bet you it was his darlin’

[A]     [A]                                                 [G]                    [D]
          Somebody wrecked his life, and I bet you it was his darlin'


CHORUS
[D]                         [A]                      [G]
So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang

[D]                         [A]                    [G]
Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang

[D]                         [A]                      [G]
Died in the gutter on his feet and his hands

[D]                        [A]                       [D]
Same hands that once touched her face


DF RAIN, same as intro
[A]     [A]     [G]     [D]

[A]     [A]     [G]     [D]


VERSE 2
[A]     [A]                                   [G]                                    [D]
          He was nearly died, when he returned to the town he'd come from

[A]     [A]                                                     [G]              [D]
          He's hanging out drinking beer with his brother in-law

[A]     [A]                                                [G]                     [D]
          He was a drinker at night and in the morning he was unnerving

[A]     [A]                                              [G]                            [D]
          He was a drinker both times of day that he lost his darlin'



CHORUS
[D]                         [A]                      [G]
So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang

[D]                         [A]                    [G]
Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang

[D]                         [A]                      [G]
Died in the gutter on his feet and his hands

[D]                        [A]                       [D]
Same hands that once touched her face



DF RAIN/G  O
[A]     [A]     [G]     [D]

[A]     [A]     [G]     [D]

[A]     [A]     [G]     [D]

[A]     [A]     [G]     [D]


CHORUS
[D]                         [A]                      [G]
So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang

[D]                         [A]                    [G]
Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang

[D]                         [A]                      [G]
Died in the gutter on his feet and his hands

[D]                        [A]                       [D]
Same hands that once touched her face