E* = play lick
[Intro & Lick]
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Verse 1
[E]* [D]
Bitter sweet thing, could this be a dream
[D] [A] [E]
Or just the same nightmare that keeps me awake
[E]* [D]
Feel it in my brain, tall shot of pain
[D] [A] [E]
Pour a little up now, for the love that we made
[E]* [D]
I feel it in the morning, you're still here in the morning
[D] [A] [E]
I see you, but you gone. Telephone the doctor, I'm not okay
[E]* [D]
The bottom of the bottle, to fill this empty heart up
[D]
A thousand proof don't change the truth
[A] [E]
I dive in, but I can't
Chorus
[E] [D]
I can't drink you away
[D]
I've tried Jack, I've tried Jim,
[A] [E]
I've tried all of his friends
[E] [D]
But I can't drink you away
[D] [A] [E]
All these rocks, I can't swim out of this skin I'm living in, say
[E] [D] [D]
Now tell me, baby, don't they make a medicine for heart break
[A] [E] [D]
Ohh, tell me baby, oh yeah
[D] [A] [E]
Now don't they make a medicine for heart break
Verse 2
[E]* [D]
Got a pounding on my brain, so I drowned it away
[D] [A] [E]
When the sun comes up tomorrow, You can find me doing the same
[E]* [D]
'Cause I just can't forget, The way we turned out this bed
[D] [A] [E]
And now the only thing that sleeps here is a ghost of you instead
[E]* [D]
I feel it in the morning, you're still here in the morning
[D] [A] [E]
I see you, but you gone. Telephone the doctor, I'm not okay
[E]* [D]
The bottom of the bottle, to fill this empty heart up
[D] [A] [E]
A thousand proof don't change the truth, I dive in, but I can't
Chorus
[E] [D]
I can't drink you away
[D]
I've tried Jack, I've tried Jim,
[A] [E]
I've tried all of his friends
[E] [D]
But I can't drink you away
[D] [A] [E]
All these rocks, I can't swim out of this skin I'm living in, say
[E] [D] [D]
Now tell me, baby, don't they make a medicine for heart break
[A] [E] [D]
Ohh, tell me baby, oh yeah
[D] [A] [E]
Now don't they make a medicine for heart break
Bridge
[E] [D] [D] [A] [E]
I can't drink you, no I can't drink you away, away
[E] [D] [D] [A] [E]
I can't drink you, I can't drink you away, away
[E] [D] [D] [A] [E]
I can't drink you, I can't drink you away, away
[E] [D] [D] [A] [E]
I can't drink you, no I can't drink you away
Chorus
[E] [D]
I can't drink you away
[D]
I've tried Jack, I've tried Jim,
[A] [E]
I've tried all of his friends
[E] [D]
But I can't drink you away
[D] [A] [E]
All these rocks, I can't swim out of this skin I'm living in, say
[E] [D] [D]
Now tell me, baby, don't they make a medicine for heart break
[A] [E] [D]
Ohh, tell me baby, oh yeah
[D] [A] [E]
Now don't they make a medicine for heart break
[E] [D] [D]
tell me, baby, don't they make a medicine for heart break
[A] [E] [D]
Ohh, tell me baby, oh yeah
[D] [A] [E]
Now don't they make a medicine for heart break
Outro
[E] [D]
I can't drink you away
[D]
I've tried Jack, I've tried Jim,
[A] [E]
I've tried all of his friends
[E] [D]
I can't drink you away
[D] [A] [E]
All these rocks, I can't swim out of this skin I'm living in
[E] [D] [D]
tell me, baby, don't they make a medicine for heart break
[A] [E] [D]
Ohh, tell me baby, oh yeah
[D] [A] [E]
Now don't they make a medicine for heart break
