The Bottle Let Me Down

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

  7    7   7   7   -8   7   -4    5    6   6  6     
Each night I leave the bar-room when it&rsquo;s ov-er
 7    7    7  7 7   7  -6   6   5   -4
Not feel-ing an-y pain at clos-ing time
 6  -7  -7    -6  -7   -8   -7   6   6  -4  -4 -3
But to-night your mem-&lsquo;ry found me much too so-ber
  -7   -7   -7 -6   -7  -6   6  -4   -3 -3   4
Could-n&rsquo;t drink e-nough to keep you off my mind

 7   7    7   7   6   -4  4   5
To-night the bot-tle let me down
 7   7    7   7    6   5  6   6
And let your mem-&lsquo;ry come a-round
 -7  -7  -8     -7  6    6   -4   -3
The one true friend I thought I found
-7   -7   -6  -6  6  -3  -3   4
To-night the bot-tle let me down

  7   7   7   7 -8  7  -4  5   6     6   6
I&rsquo;ve al-ways had a bot-tle I could turn to
 7   7   7   7    7    7  -6   6  5   -4
And lat-ly I&rsquo;ve been turn-in&rsquo; ev-ery day
 6  -7   -7   -6    -7  -8  -7   6   6  -4  -4 -3   
But the wine don&rsquo;t take ef-fect the way it use to
 -7  -7  -6  -7 -6  6  -4 -3  -3  4
I&rsquo;m hurt-in&rsquo; in an old fa-mi-lar way

 7   7    7   7   6   -4  4   5
To-night the bot-tle let me down
 7   7    7   7    6   5  6   6
And let your mem-&lsquo;ry come a-round
 -7  -7  -8     -7  6    6   -4   -3
The one true friend I thought I found
-7   -7   -6  -6  6  -3  -3   4
To-night the bot-tle let me down

-7   -7   -6  -6  6  -3  -3   4
To-night the bot-tle let me down
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