Chords for Maurice Belliveau Don't tell mama I was drinking

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I was heading north on highway 5 [B] on a sordid Sunday night _
[C#] When a pickup truck flew by me out [F#] of control _ _ _ _ _
As I watched my head lie, he [B] swore to left and back right
_ [C#] _ Never hit the brakes as he left the road
[F#] _ But I found him lying there [B] among the steel and glass
[C#] With an empty _ whiskey bottle by [F#] his side _ _ _ _
And through the blood and tears [F#] [B] he _ whispered in my ears
_ [C#] These few words, but just before [F#] he [B] _ died _ _
_ _ _ Don't tell mama [G#]
I [B] was drinking _ _ _ _
[F#] Lord _ knows her soul will [C#] never _ rest
[C#] _ _ _
[F#] I can't leave this world with [G#] [B] mama thinking _ _ _ _
[C#] I met the Lord with whiskey on [F#] my breath _ _ _
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_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
[F#] I still think about how [B] this poor boy left this world
And [C#] how others have to pay for our [F#] mistakes
_ _ _ _ But _ _ lasting on his mind [B] as he left this poor world behind
I [C#] was wondering _ someone else's heart [F#] would break _ _ _ _
So _ don't tell mama [G#]
I [B] was _ drinking _ _ _
[F#] Lord _ knows her soul will [C#] never _ _ rest _ _
[F#] But I can't leave this [C#] world with [B] mama thinking
I _ _ _
_ [C#] _ met the Lord with whiskey on [F#] my breath _ _ _ _
So _ don't tell mama I [B] was _ _ _ drinking
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