From The Bottle To The Bottom
Recorded by Billy Walker
Written by Kris Kristofferson
G
You ask me if I'm happy now
D7
That's good as any joke I've heard
It seems that since I've seen you last
G
I done forgot the meaning of the words
If happiness is empty rooms and drinking in the afternoon
C
Well I suppose I'm happy as a clown
D7
But if it's got a thing to do with smiling or forgetting you
G
Well I don't guess that I can say I am
Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone
D7
Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew
When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper
G
He's been putting in his shoes to keep the ground from coming through
And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants
C
Because he's never seen a single dream come true
D7
Well that's the way that I've been feeling
Since the day I started falling
From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool
G
Learning how to live with losing you
You wonder if I'm better off with freedom
D7
Now to do the things I choose
Well all my times my own and I got nothing left
G
But sleeping time to lose
There's no one here to carry on if I stay out the whole night long
C
Or give a tinkers damn if I don't call
D7
I'm living like I wanted to and doing things I wanna do
G
And nothing seems to mean a thing at all
Repeat #3,4
D7 G
