Chords for Don't Tell Mama

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I was headed north on Highway 5 [C] on a starlit _ Sunday night
when [D] a pickup truck flew by me out of control.
_ _ [G] _ _ As I watched in my headlights, he [C] swerved left and then back right,
never [D] hit the brakes as he left [G] the road.
_ _ _ _ I found him lying in the grass _ [C] among the steel and glass _
[D] with an empty _ whiskey bottle by [G] his side.
And _ _ through the blood and tears, [C] he _ whispered in my ear _
[D] a few last words just before [G] he died. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Don't tell Mama I [C] was drinking. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Lord knows her soul would [D] never rest. _ _ _ _
[G] I can't leave this world with [C] Mama thinking
_ _ _ _ I [D] met the Lord with whiskey on [G] my breast. _ _ _ _ _
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_ You know, I still think about that night _ [C] and how that young boy died _ _ _
[D] and how others sometimes pay for our [G] mistakes.
_ _ _ _ _ And you know, the last thing _ on that boy's mind _
[C] as he left this big cold world behind _
[D] was just knowing his poor old mother's heart [G] would break.
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[A] _ _ Don't tell Mama I [D] was drinking. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Lord knows her soul would [E] never _ rest. _ _ _
[A] I can't leave this world with [D] Mama thinking
_ _ _ _ I [E] met the Lord with whiskey on [A] my breast. _ _ _ _ _
_ Don't tell Mama I [D] was _ _ drinking. _ _ _
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