Biography:
“All grit and no quit.” These are the deeply rooted words that Josh Ward lives by to an absolute fault.
An anchored mindset that has led this Texas country music rising star from a drifter’s adolescence to the jeopardous game of the rodeo circuit to the punishing toil of the Texas oil fields, and on into the fickle arms of the music business. Some might argue whether it is having nine consecutive #1 hit singles in Texas under his belt that has garnered him staying power
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Josh Ward does it a little differently each time he performs it, but this is just the
simple layout of
how the song is played. You can make it more intricate by adding hammer-ons in the D's
and walking it between
chords. For a simple, easily playable version, this is all you need to learn.
No Capo, Standard Tuning
Intro: G D C D
Verse 1:
G
A goodbye letter
D
My old hat
C
Is telling me she's had enough
D
and she ain't coming back
G
Picture on the wall
D
Staring back at me
C
Its burning a hole right through my soul
D
It brings me to my knees
Em
I'm headed out the door
D
to do all the wrong things right
C
'Cause there's only one thing
D
that will get me through this night
Chorus 1:
G
All I need is hard whiskey
D
A soft place to fall
C
A jukebox full of George Jones Songs
D
Hey I won't miss her at all
G
All I need is hard whiskey
D
Just a little time
C
Pay for one more drink
D G D C D
And I'll be doing fine
Verse 2:
G
Well I always said her leaving
D
Would never get to me
C
So I turn to you, whiskey
D
to drown a memory
G
Brown poison in a black-labeled bottle
D
she burns going down
C
But its better than the pain I feel
D
Wishing she was still around
Em
Maybe someday
D
I'll find a better way
C
And she'll come back to me
D
But it won't be today
Solo: G D C D x2
Chorus 2:
G
All I need is hard whiskey
D
a soft place to fall
C
someone to drive me home
D
or some old friends I can call
G
All I need is hard whiskey
D
Just a little time
C
Pay for one more drink
D G D C D
And I'll be doing fine
simple layout of
how the song is played. You can make it more intricate by adding hammer-ons in the D's
and walking it between
chords. For a simple, easily playable version, this is all you need to learn.
No Capo, Standard Tuning
Intro: G D C D
Verse 1:
G
A goodbye letter
D
My old hat
C
Is telling me she's had enough
D
and she ain't coming back
G
Picture on the wall
D
Staring back at me
C
Its burning a hole right through my soul
D
It brings me to my knees
Em
I'm headed out the door
D
to do all the wrong things right
C
'Cause there's only one thing
D
that will get me through this night
Chorus 1:
G
All I need is hard whiskey
D
A soft place to fall
C
A jukebox full of George Jones Songs
D
Hey I won't miss her at all
G
All I need is hard whiskey
D
Just a little time
C
Pay for one more drink
D G D C D
And I'll be doing fine
Verse 2:
G
Well I always said her leaving
D
Would never get to me
C
So I turn to you, whiskey
D
to drown a memory
G
Brown poison in a black-labeled bottle
D
she burns going down
C
But its better than the pain I feel
D
Wishing she was still around
Em
Maybe someday
D
I'll find a better way
C
And she'll come back to me
D
But it won't be today
Solo: G D C D x2
Chorus 2:
G
All I need is hard whiskey
D
a soft place to fall
C
someone to drive me home
D
or some old friends I can call
G
All I need is hard whiskey
D
Just a little time
C
Pay for one more drink
D G D C D
And I'll be doing fine
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