Mirror Behind The Bar

E A Well now when I was a young man I drank whiskey by the glass E B Never thinking that the young girls and the good times wouldn't last C#m E Well now I am much older, but no wiser for the wear A E The game's the same, but I have changed with the passing of the years A E I had it all, but I squandered the gifts that I'd been blessed B A E Pretty women, money, prestige, and happiness G# A I never thought I'd let the loose ends ever slip so far B A E 'Til I saw my reflection in the mirror behind the bar E A E B C#m E A E E A Well a bad break then another made the rounds go down with ease E B Well a good woman left me, but the bottle never leaves C#m E Now my boots are scuffed and tarnished as I fall from dive to dive A E It's a wonder that I ain't in jail and it's a wonder I'm alive A E I had it all, but I squandered the gifts that I'd been blessed B A E Pretty women, money, prestige, and happiness G# A I never thought I'd let the loose ends ever slip so far B A E 'Til I saw my reflection in the mirror behind the bar E A E B C#m E A E E A Well the cracked and shattered shards that run across my face E B Tell the story of a foolish man's endless fall from grace C#m E A cautionary tale of waxed wings poised to touch the sun A E A man who traded the valuable in favor of the fun A E I had it all, but I squandered the gifts that I'd been blessed B A E Pretty women, money, prestige, and happiness G# A I never thought I'd let the loose ends ever slip so far B A E 'Til I saw my reflection in the mirror behind the bar