C C/B Am Am/G F C G I found comfort and courage in bottles of whiskeyC C/B Am D G I swear to you friend that that life is some riskyC C/B Am Am/G F C I have backed away quickly from those that would burn meC C/B Am D G And stopped up my ears that no one should learn me CHORUS:F G C But the lady beside meF G C is the one I have chosenF G to walk through lifeF G C like a coat from the cold I have flown like a bird from every cage that confined me and broken every one of the ties that bind me I have danced me around some sad ol' sad ol situations and taken my share of those sweet invitations CHORUS...