Tom: F#

F#

[Verse 1]
D#m
Don’t know how she deals with her conscious
B                   F#
Knowing she’s slowly killing a man
   D#m
The bottle’s got my fingerprints on it
   B                                 D#m
But she’s still got my blood on her hands

Even if she don’t know
B          F#
She is the reason I’m here
G#m
Looking for the stronger stuff

Bartender fill my cup


[Chorus]
B                     F#
It's how I keep hope alive
     G#m           D#m
And keep the fire going inside
B                F#
Sippin’ this kerosene
       C#
Until she comes back to me


[Verse 2]
F#
D#m
Yeah, we had a love like a candle
B      F#
But I blew out the flame
 D#m
I could be a hard one to handle
 B          F#
Idiot when there's a hurricane, baby
 D#m
Even if she don’t know
 B    F#                          G#m7
She is the reason I’ll be right here
                  G#m
'Til closing time

Drinking it until I’m blind


[Chorus 2]

B                     F#
It's how I keep hope alive
     G#m           D#m
And keep the fire going inside
B                F#
Sippin’ this kerosene
       C#                F#
Until she comes back to me
             B               F#
It burned my tongue a little at first
              G#m     D#m
But the heartbreak I feel is worse
 B               F#
Now it’s my favorite drink
     C#                  D#m
The poison taste good to me
    B            F#
So won’t you bartender please
                       F#  D#m
Pour a another kerosene


[Bridge]
C#                 F#
I’m never letting go
                         B    D#m  C#
Never letting go of what we had
                  F#          B  D#m
Oh, you know it’s burning my mind
C#              F#                 B
Looking for my hope in the bottom of a shot glass

[Solo]
G#m B F# G#m D#m B F# C# F#

[Chorus 3]
 B                     F#
It's how I keep hope alive
     G#m           D#m
And keep the fire going inside
B                F#
Sippin’ this kerosene
       C#                F#
Until she comes back to me
             B               F#
It burned my tongue a little at first
              C#              D#m
But the heartbreak I feel is worse
 B               F#
Now it’s my favorite drink
     C#                  D#m
The poison taste good to me
    B                  F#
So won’t you bartender please
                C#       F#
Pour a another kerosene