Takamine F360S and Takamine EG523SC-12 with an Electric to create sustained notes like strings. You can just about picture the barstool on stage.
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Story behind the song
Song started of as traditional old country (Acuff), but it evolved along the way. The words and rhyme are a bit more elaborate though the raw emotions are still there. Obviously, it’s about being left behind and dealing with it (even if poorly). Original first two verses were dropped as cliché and kept adding new verses to get to this version. Not just a tear in my beer song, but a reflection that the drinker is completely aware that they’re hiding and don’t want to be here, trapped in time. There is an element that he’s stuck in time (or a bar) hence he’s dependable guy that is now a dependable bar seat holder. A late friend of mine used to always say that a story begins with a beer and a guitar and ends with a song.
Lyrics
I ain’t gonna two step round the problem
She’s gone and it hurt my pride
And I’m still sitting here wondering
Where everything went wrong?
I’m a pretty dependable guy
At least I used to be
If you’re looking for me
You can find me
Sitting here trapped in time
Do they water down the whiskey?
Or is it my tolerance and me?
I can’t get numb as I used too
Can’t break free from the memory
Part of me just not here
With my soul still tangled up
Part of me is still bleeding out
And the rest has given up
I can’t pretend things are normal
I don’t want to be comfortable here
Can’t stop searching for the answers
They tell me “Shut the book and move on”
I tend to get caught up in my mind
Chasing shadows of the words left behind
Trying to find the hidden pieces
As my anxiety increases
