Chords for Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinking

_ I was headed north on Highway 5 [G#] on a starlit Sunday night
[C#] When a pickup truck [G#] flew by me out of [F#] control
As _ _ _ I watched in my headlights, he [B] swerved left and then back right
[C#] Never hit the [B] brakes as he left [F#] the road
I _ _ _ found him lying in the grass [B] with a maul of steel and glass
[C#] With an empty [B] whiskey bottle by [F#] his side _ _ _ _ _
_ Through the blood and tears, [B] he _ whispered in my ear
A [C#] few last [B] words just before [F#] he died
_ _ _ And he said, _ _ don't tell mama I [B] was drinking _ _ _ _
[F#] Lord knows that her soul will [C#] never end _ _ _ _
_ [F#] I can't leave this world with my [B] mama thinking _ _ _ _ _
[C#] That I met the Lord [B] with whiskey on [F#] my breath
I _ _ _ _ still think about that night, _
_ [B] _ how that young man died _
[C#] And how others [B] sometimes pay for our mistakes _ _ _ _
And the last thing on his mind, _ he left this world _ behind
_ [C#] _ Knowing [B] someone else's heart [F#] would break
_ _ _ [D#m] And he [F#] said, _ don't tell mama I [B] was drinking _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Lord knows that her soul will [C#] never end _ _ _ _
_ [F#] I can't leave this world with my [B] mama thinking _ _ _ _ _
[C#] That I met the [B] Lord with whiskey on [F#] my _ breath
_ [D#m] Wrong, _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] wrong, wrong, wrong, [F#] wrong, wrong, _ _ _ [C#] wrong
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_ Don't _ tell mama I was drinking
_ Lord [D#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ knows that her soul will [C#] never end _ _ _ _
_ [F#] I can't leave this world with my [B] mama thinking _ _ _ _ _
[C#] That I met the [B] Lord with whiskey on my breath _ _ _ _ _
[C#] That I met the Lord [B] with whiskey on [F#] my breath _ _ _ _ _
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