Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys - Wishing Him Away Chords

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_ [E] Never talked to strangers was her [C] mother's first advice
[A] Now her lady stranger doesn't speak [E] a word
_ Silence at the table's no [C] domestic paradise
But [A] from what she's [B] seen, this silence is [E] preferred _
_ _ [A] He walks out the front door [E] of his castle like a king
[A] One look in her eyes, he'd [B] see he's not the king of anything
[E] _ _ Don't, [C#] don't, [C#m] nay
[A] Same mistake your mama did [B] when she was just a foolish kid
[E] No, _ don't, [C#] don't, [G#m] nay
[A] A mother's sad and lonely day, [B] crying, praying, wishing him [E] away
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_ [E] Dinner on the table, [C] she's waiting all alone
[A] She stares at the TV, doesn't [E] say a thing
_ _ Quarter past eleven [C] with her mother on the phone
[A] Gotta go, she says, don't wanna [E] miss his ring
_ _ [A] He walks in the front door [E] of his castle whiskey blind
Lipstick [C#] on his greasy [E] collar, evil on his troubled mind
_ Don't, [C#] no, no, don't, nay
_ [A] Same mistake, another [B] night, another fist, another [E] fight
_ Don't, [C#] no, don't, [G#m] nay
[A] Another sad and lonely day, [B] crying, praying, wishing him [E] away
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_ _ [A] Get your things and go girl, [E] you can make it on your own
[A] It's time to realize that [E] you're already living all alone
_ Don't, no, [C#m] no, don't, nay
[A] _ Same mistake your mama [B] did when she was just a foolish [E] kid
Don't, _ no, no, [C#m] don't, nay
_ Another [A] sad and lonely day, [B] crying, praying, wishing [E] him _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ [G#m] _ [C] away
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