Key of C

  C             G7               C                    
I quit drinking so I bought some liquor,
          C7            F                              
Set it up high on the shelf.
                       C                                  
Now when I think, that I need a drink, 
            D                 G                
I'm reminded of days, I don't remember so well.
C                             C7    F                      C
Some folks keep old photographs, To help them remember the past.
     F                        C                   
But I've got my habits right there on the shelf.
   D                                   G                                   
And they bring back more memories than Carter had pills.{wait}

  C                G             C             
I quit smoking, so I bought some cigarettes.
      C7                      F                   
And I set 'em up there on the shelf.
                         C                        
Now when I crave for the taste of a smoke.
    D                        G                       
I'm reminded of mornings I'd cough and I'd choke.
C                             C7      F                      C
Some folks keep old photographs, To help them remember the past.
     F                       C                   
But I've got my habits right there on the shelf.
   D                                   G                     G7              
And they bring back more memories than Carter had pills.{wait}


      C             G       C                    
I got married, quit fooling around.
    C7                          F                
Set all my old dreams on the shelf.
                      C                         
Now when I mingle and wish I were single,
    D                            G                                            
I'm reminded of nights, that I slept with myself.
C                             C7      F                      C
Some folks keep old photographs, To help them remember the past.
     F                        C                   
But I've got my habits right there on the shelf.
   D                                   G                      G7             
And they bring back more memories than Carter had pills.{wait}


    C                      C7            F                        C          
But someday when I've had enough, and my new life proves out a bust.
     F                       C                    
I won't have to walk to that store down the street,
         D            G               C       C7   
'Cause my habits ain't far out of reach. No-o
  F                          C              D          
I won't have to walk to that store down the street.
                                 G          C       
(Pause) 'Cause they're patiently waiting for me.

© 1989 by Francis H. Peters