Merle Haggard - Heaven Was A Drink Of Wine guitar chord

Heaven Was A Drink Of Wine by Merle Haggard

Interpreted/Transcribed by Gary Willett (9 Mar 2006)

Intro (C) (G) (C) (F) (F) (C)

(C) That psychoed-out psycologist (F) asked me about my drinkin' (C) ways

Every (F) question that he asked me all related back onto my childhood (C) days

But (F) if the truth was known I never took to drinkin' long

Long as (C) she was mine

But when she left me I went to hell

And (G) Heaven was a drink of (C) wine (F) (F) (C)

That good doctor said to look at all those (F) inkspots

and tell me what you (C) see.

Could I (F) help it if they all looked like big ole broken hearts to (C) me

(F) All my friends and kin will tell you ole Hag ain't the drinkin' (C) kind

But when she left me I went to hell

And (G) Heaven was a drink of (C) wine (F) (F) (C)

Get (F) back, get back, get on back and leave me a-(C)-lone

Can't you (F) see that you can't help a man that's this far (G) gone

(C) Hey good doctor (F) I got something you can't (C) find in my mind

But when she left me I went to hell

And (G) Heaven was a drink of (C) wine

Hey good doctor (G) Heaven was a drink of (C) wine (F) (F) (C)