gabriel o'brien: sounds

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"I really like story songs. I like to follow a character on a journey. And I sometimes like to use songs as a way to jump ahead to a 'What If' situation. It allows you to explore a situation or event without actually having to experience it. I get asked if this song is autobiographical a lot. Parts of it are, parts of it aren't."

(intro)
i been thinking i been drinking
i been thinking a lot tonight
i been thinking i been drinking
about what went right
i been thinking
and lord knows i been drinking

G (walk to note) F#
I’m drinking again
Am C
and I know this is way wrong
it’s been too long
since the road was behind me
I can’t see
what your wedding was to me
I’m never wrong
but a bottle keeps me strong

G F# Am
and it’s too late to see virginia
G F# C
and it’s too cold for the moon
you know I miss my carolina
all I can think of is you

I’ve been looking
down the barrel of life
you’ve been searching
for the bottom of my heart
I was thinking
there’s something missing tonight
I never found it
but a bottle broke my fall

I’ve been wearing
the same shoes all this time
you’ve been walking
ahead across the yard
I was losing
too many years at a time
I’ll never find them
but a bottle never forgets

I’ve been waiting
for the moment to pass
you’ve been lying
if you think you ain’t a mess
I’ve been thinking
this one might be my last
I never found love
but a bottle brings me home