From the bottle to the bottom

G D

1. You ask me if i'm happy now, that's good as any joke I've heard,

it seems since I've seen you last,

G

I've done forgot the meaning of the words.

If happiness is empty rooms, and drinkin' in the afternoon

C

well I suppose I'm happy as a clown.

D

But if it's got a thing to do with smilin' or forgettin' you,

G

well I don't guess that I could say I am.

G

Did you ever see your darling out a-wakin' up alone

D

without a blanket on to keep him from the dew.

When the water from the weeds that soaks the paper

he's been puttin' in his shoes

G

to keep the ground from comin' through

And his future feels as empty as the pockets in his pants,

C

because he's never seen a single dream come true,

D

that's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started fallin'

from the bottle to the bottom stew by stew,

G

learnin' hard to live with losin' you.

G

2. You wonder if I'm better off

D

with freedom now to do the things I choose.

Well, all my time's my own and

G

I got nothin' left but sleepin' time to lose.

There's no one here to carry on if I stay out the whole night long,

C

give a tinker's damn if I don't call.

D

I'm livin' like I wanted you and doin' things I wanna do,

G - D - G

and nothin' means a things to me at all. + CHORUS

(Kris Kristofferson)