Chords for COLD HARD FACTS OF LIFE---PORTER WAGONER
Tempo:
66.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[G] [C] I got back in town a day before I'd planned to.
[G] I smiled and said, I'll sure [C] surprise my wife.
[F] I don't think I'll phone, [C] I'll just head on home.
For I didn't [G] know the cold hard [C] facts of life.
I passed a little wine store on the corner.
[G] I pictured pink champagne by [C] candlelight.
[F] I stopped the car right then, [C] got out and hurried in.
My mind not [G] on the cold [C] hard facts of life.
[F] A stranger stood there laughing [C] by the counter.
[G] He said, I'll take two bottles [C] of your bids.
[F] Her husband's out of town and there's a [C] party.
He winked as if to say, you [G] know the rest.
[Cm] I [C] left the store two steps behind the stranger.
[G] From there to my house his car [C] stayed inside.
[F] But it wasn't till he turned [C] into my drive that I learned.
I was witnessing [G] the cold [C] hard facts of life.
[F] I drove around till [C] I was dizzy.
Each [G] time the noise came louder [C] from within.
[F] And then I saw our bottle [C] there beside me.
And I drank a fifth of courage [G] and walked in.
[C] Lord, you should have seen their frantic faces.
[G] They screamed and cried, please put away [C] that knife.
[F] I guess I'll go to hell or [C] I'll rot here in this cell.
But who taught who [G] the cold hard [C] facts of life?
Who taught who [G] the cold hard facts [C] of life?
[G] [C] I got back in town a day before I'd planned to.
[G] I smiled and said, I'll sure [C] surprise my wife.
[F] I don't think I'll phone, [C] I'll just head on home.
For I didn't [G] know the cold hard [C] facts of life.
I passed a little wine store on the corner.
[G] I pictured pink champagne by [C] candlelight.
[F] I stopped the car right then, [C] got out and hurried in.
My mind not [G] on the cold [C] hard facts of life.
[F] A stranger stood there laughing [C] by the counter.
[G] He said, I'll take two bottles [C] of your bids.
[F] Her husband's out of town and there's a [C] party.
He winked as if to say, you [G] know the rest.
[Cm] I [C] left the store two steps behind the stranger.
[G] From there to my house his car [C] stayed inside.
[F] But it wasn't till he turned [C] into my drive that I learned.
I was witnessing [G] the cold [C] hard facts of life.
[F] I drove around till [C] I was dizzy.
Each [G] time the noise came louder [C] from within.
[F] And then I saw our bottle [C] there beside me.
And I drank a fifth of courage [G] and walked in.
[C] Lord, you should have seen their frantic faces.
[G] They screamed and cried, please put away [C] that knife.
[F] I guess I'll go to hell or [C] I'll rot here in this cell.
But who taught who [G] the cold hard [C] facts of life?
Who taught who [G] the cold hard facts [C] of life?
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ I got back in town a day before I'd planned to.
_ [G] I smiled and said, I'll sure [C] surprise my wife.
_ [F] I don't think I'll phone, [C] I'll just head on home.
For I didn't [G] know the cold hard [C] facts of life.
I passed a little wine store on the corner.
_ [G] I pictured pink champagne by [C] candlelight.
_ [F] I stopped the car right then, [C] got out and hurried in.
My mind not [G] on the cold [C] hard facts of life.
[F] A stranger stood there laughing [C] by the counter.
_ [G] He said, I'll take two bottles [C] of your bids.
[F] Her husband's out of town and there's a [C] party.
_ He winked as if to say, you [G] know the rest.
[Cm] I [C] left the store two steps behind the stranger.
_ [G] From there to my house his car [C] stayed inside.
_ [F] But it wasn't till he turned [C] into my drive that I learned.
I was witnessing [G] the cold [C] hard facts of life.
[F] I drove around till [C] I was dizzy.
_ Each [G] time the noise came louder [C] from within.
_ [F] And then I saw our bottle [C] there beside me.
And I drank a fifth of courage [G] and walked in.
_ [C] Lord, you should have seen their frantic faces.
_ [G] They screamed and cried, please put away [C] that knife.
_ [F] I guess I'll go to hell or [C] I'll rot here in this cell.
But who taught who [G] the cold hard [C] facts of life?
_ Who taught who [G] the cold hard facts [C] of life? _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ I got back in town a day before I'd planned to.
_ [G] I smiled and said, I'll sure [C] surprise my wife.
_ [F] I don't think I'll phone, [C] I'll just head on home.
For I didn't [G] know the cold hard [C] facts of life.
I passed a little wine store on the corner.
_ [G] I pictured pink champagne by [C] candlelight.
_ [F] I stopped the car right then, [C] got out and hurried in.
My mind not [G] on the cold [C] hard facts of life.
[F] A stranger stood there laughing [C] by the counter.
_ [G] He said, I'll take two bottles [C] of your bids.
[F] Her husband's out of town and there's a [C] party.
_ He winked as if to say, you [G] know the rest.
[Cm] I [C] left the store two steps behind the stranger.
_ [G] From there to my house his car [C] stayed inside.
_ [F] But it wasn't till he turned [C] into my drive that I learned.
I was witnessing [G] the cold [C] hard facts of life.
[F] I drove around till [C] I was dizzy.
_ Each [G] time the noise came louder [C] from within.
_ [F] And then I saw our bottle [C] there beside me.
And I drank a fifth of courage [G] and walked in.
_ [C] Lord, you should have seen their frantic faces.
_ [G] They screamed and cried, please put away [C] that knife.
_ [F] I guess I'll go to hell or [C] I'll rot here in this cell.
But who taught who [G] the cold hard [C] facts of life?
_ Who taught who [G] the cold hard facts [C] of life? _ _ _ _
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