Gin Sling

artist : yves klein blue song : gin sling album : ragged & ecstatic ( 2009 ) tabbed by : cambell doyle E - mail : cambelldoyle@hotmail . com tuning : standard A closer to death Bm been many miles since we last met E F#m D A still , it seems like i stood still as time passed by A that year my pride did sting Bm ’cause for a young man , it’s a terrible thing E F#m D A to realise for the first time that his mother was right Bm F#m D A oh this old gin sling will keep me satisfied Bm F#m D A ah yeah , the cold air won’t blow and i can close my eyes A ah she came to me Bm her eyes full of sorrow and empty of sleep E F#m D A and asked how it seemed i’d been doing alright ( and i laughed ) A it was a trick that she taught me Bm i drink so that i sleep without having dreams E F#m D A and when i wake up in the morning , oh it is all i can do to survive Bm F#m D A oh this old gin sling keeps me satisfied Bm F#m D A though it hurts me more than i know and takes away my mind F#m D A E oh but the closer i get to home , fills me with dread just to know F#m D A i’ll be alone with a bottle on the shelf all right . . . A Bm E F#m D A A Bm E F#m D A but i put it down , just as soon as i realised D A F#m oh that the hard times , they don’t get better D A F#m when life goes in the shadows of memories F#m E the dark times make it hard to remember D A all the reasons the good times ended D A F#m we remain where others cannot dwell D A F#m it’s not our place to fall where they fell F#m E A do you really think that makes anyone happy but yourself? Bm F#m D A oh this old gin sling left me high and dry Bm F#m D A so i put it back on the shelf for a little while F#m D A ah but i still pull it down every now and again E F#m D A not to toast what’s gone before , but to all that remains , yeah F#m D A oh always lost in memory , never to forget E F#m D A laying low with those ghosts is my only regret end