Artist: Damien Dempsey Title: Bottle Talk Album: Chilin' Single/Contender EP Transcribed by: Dave Anderson Email: d.anderson88@hotmail.co.uk Comments and suggestions feel free to email me. (hope you enjoy eoin) Tuning: EADGBE CHORDS: Am7 – X03010 Am7ii – X02213 Em/9 – 02200(0/2) – uses a pull-off sometimes Am/B – X20010 C - 332010 G - 320033 Bm – X24432 D - XX0232 Fill Damo does this at the end of most lines. Uses third finger vibrato to pronounce the G Em E|--0----------------| B|--0----------------| G|--0---0------------| D|--2---2------------| A|--2---2-2---~------| E|--0-0---0---3--0-0-| Intro: (Chilin Version) Am Am7(ii) Am/B C G Bm Em C G Bm Em C G D Am Em Verse: Yeah, Am7 G D Am7 Em Living in my rented room, I sharply had a fall Am7 G D Am7 Em I fell into a bottle, and no-one heard my call And my father said, Am7 G D Am7 Em "Why do you think that you stumbled into this bottle that you fell?", And I says Am7 G D Am7 Em "Father I think I lost my balance throwing pennies in the holy well". Chorus: C G Bm Em Into the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all C G Bm Em Well you can whine and you can pray, but its up to you to say no way Verse: Am7 G D Am7 Em I came across a friend of mine who had, plunged and sank deep down Am7 G D Am7 Em And I wondered if I knew him, because his mind had turned around Am7 G D Am7 Em So I sat for a while with this stranger, he was a shell of what he'd once been Am7 G D Am7 Em And I thought of all the alcohol and all the pain and greed that i've seen Chorus: C G Bm Em Into the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all C G Bm Em Well you can whine and you can pray, but its up to you to say no way Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em No way, Verse: Am7 G D Am7 Em Mothers all around the world try to teach your children to stay Am7 G D Am7 Em To stay well away from the bottle, if you dont want to watch decay Am7 G D Am7 Em Decay of the mind and the soul aswell, theres no need to go through that pain Am7 G D Am7 Em Mothers you wanted your children not to drown in the acid rain Chorus: C G Bm Em Into the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all C G Bm Em Well you can whine and you can pray, but its up to You, yes it is Bm Em Its up to you, oooh yes it is, Bm Em Its up to you yes it is, Bm Em Its up to you's, to say no way C G Bm Em No waaay... C G Bm Em No waaay...Nah nah nah Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em9