Written by Dwight Yoakam
Intro: D A E A A D A It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool A D E It won't hurt when I stumble in the street A D A It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery D A E A Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me A D A Today I had another bout with sorrow E You know this time I almost won D A If this bottle would just hold out 'til tomorrow E A I know that I would have sorrow on the run A D A It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool A D E It won't hurt when I stumble in the street A D A It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery D A E A Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me A D A Your memory comes back up with each sunrise E I reach up for the bottle and find it's gone D A Yeah lord somewhere every night the whiskey leaves me E A To face this cold cold world on my own A D A It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool A D E It won't hurt when I stumble in the street A D A It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery D A E A Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me D A E A Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me D A E A Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me