Tom: A E A A stinking sun burned me awake A Through the shattered window panes E I recall through eyes of claret red A He had taken me again G#m And the hair of the dog revives me D Yet I find it hard to swallow A It's a marriage made in Heaven E Between me and the bottle [Verse 2] E A thousand words drift through my hands A As the room just bends E A sodden mattress holds my heart A And it cradles my regret G#m I'll read it once again D Though she knows that I'll not follow A It's a marriage of convenience E Between me and the bottle [Verse 3] E So King Alcohol's come back A With the traffic's mournful cry E And he swaggers, drunk and skinful, A Through my throat all parched and dry G#m And if I should die before I wake D I pray the lord my soul to take A So maybe I could rest Am And never wake again in sorrow G#m And if I should die before I wake D I pray the lord my soul to take A Then maybe I could rest E And never wake again in sorrow [Outtro] A It's a marriage on the rocks E Between me and the bottle