SOMETIMES A MAN TAKES A DRINK Trace Adkins Intro: (A) (A) (A) (D) (G) (A) Last (A) night he fell down but he got right back (A7) up (D) Had one too many I (A) guess To(D)morrow he won't re(A)member To(F#m)night he just (D) wants to for(E)get The (A) pressure he's under the hell he's been (A7) in
The (D) knife twisted up in his (A) gut When (D) this is all over he's (A) gonna get sober Right (F#m) now he's just (D) down on his (A) luck (D) Sometimes a man takes a drink So he can (A) just throw his head back and laugh At the (D) things he can't change Like the (G) bills he can't (D) pay and (A) all of those ghosts from the (E) past It's the (A) crutch he leans on when things have gone wrong Life (A7) didn't turn out like he (D) planned Sometimes a man takes a (A) drink (F#m) Sometimes a (D) drink takes the (A) man Not that long ago he could take it or leave it Now he wonders when it all changed When did he stop being happy go lucky And become a prisoner in chains Trapped behind bars no longer in charge Where did the good times all go He knows it's got him cause he's on the bottom Real close to out of control Repeat Chorus (A7) Some(D)times a man takes a (F#m) drink (D) Sometimes a (E) drink takes the (A) man