Chords for Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinking

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I was heading north on Highway _ [Bb] 5, it started Sunday [F] night
[C] When a pickup truck flew by me out of [F] control
_ _ _ _ As I watched in my _ headlights, well he [Bb] swerved left and then back right
Never [C] had to brake as he left [F] the road
_ _ _ I found him lying in the _ grass [Bb] among the stealing grass
[C] With an empty whiskey bottle by [F] his side
_ _ _ And through the blood and tears [Bb] he _ whispered in my ear _
[C] A few last words just before [F] he died
_ Well he said, _ don't tell mama I [Bb] was drinking _ _ _ _ _
[F] Lord knows her soul would [C] never _ _ _ [C] rest _
[F] I can't believe this [Gm] world with [Bb] mama Frank and
_ _ Well [C] I met [C] the Lord with whiskey on [F] my breath
_ _ _ I still think about that night _ [Bb] and how that young man died
And [C] how others sometimes pay for our [F] _ _ mistakes
_ The _ last thing on his mind [Bb] as he left this world behind _
[C] Was knowing someone _ else's heart [F] would break
_ _ Well he said, _ don't tell mama I [Bb] was drinking _ _ _ _ _
[F] Lord knows her soul would [C] never _ _ _ rest _
[F] I can't believe this world with [Bb] mama Frank _ _ and
Well [C] I met the Lord with whiskey on [F] my breath
_ _ _ _ He said, _ don't tell mama I [Bb] was _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] drinking _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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