Another great song from the pen of DAC. Yet another written for George Jones. hey performed this as a duet on his first greatest hits album. (For The Record) Tuning: Standard F 3 F 0 G 2 F/E 0 Csus 3 Csus 3 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 X 3 X 0 3 X X 3 X 3 (you may find it plesant to augment this with C/B Gsus and Dsus as passing chords but they are not integral to the song I provided sketches but they are not actually in the song)

^FLast week he spent his whole paycheck on ^Fwhiskey And I know ^FFriday night he'll d^Go it all ag^Fain Oh he'll ^Fdrink 'til he falls down and then ^Forder one more ^Fround and then go home with that ^Gbottle in his ^Fhand

CHORUS:

and the only ^Fthing I can hold onto is This ^FBottle In My ^FHand I know I'll never have to share it with any other ^Gman I'm so g^Flad you introduced us and I'll d^Fo the best I ^Fcan To be faithful to this ^Gbottle in my h^Fand

N/F F F F She told George that changing diapers could sure become a drag

and to clean the house and cook for him was not her kind of ^Gbag she s^Faid he needed someone who would^F love and underst^Fand and then she left him with this b^Gottle in his h^Fand

(repeat the chorus and upon outro)

^FYes we'll be thankful for this ^Gbottle in our h^Fand

David Allan Coe - This bottle in my hand