Chords for Don't Tell Mama

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