Written by Ian Tyson
Verse 1. Intro: A F#m A F#m A D I came home to find you were gone A On a cold grey morning D E I remember now that's the way you said it would be D G Like living in a bad dream C F Alcohol in the bloodstream A D A D Goin' to have to do - 'til I forget about you A D A Ooo- 'til I forget about you Verse 2. Some dead wild flowers And a bottle of vodka on the kitchen table Flowers for the good times and booze for the bad I can curse I can scream But alcohol in the bloodstream 'Bout the best I can do - 'til I forget about you Ooo - 'til I forget about you BRIDGE: F#m E Now my strings are all unstrung D Everything I could do I've done E Just waiting for daylight to come, to come (Instrumental) I wonder where you've gone And I wonder how long I can take this loneliness Two hundred first calf heifers and a deal is a deal I guess Then I'll roll my bed get away clean Alcohol in the bloodstream Goin' to quit you too Then I'll forget about you A D A D Ooo - 'til I forget about you A D A D Ooo - 'til I forget about you A(one down-stroke) A D A D A E A Ooo - 'til I forget about you