Chords for Porter Wagoner -- The Cold Hard Facts Of Life

_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ I got back in town a day _ before I'd planned to
_ _ _ I [G] smiled and said, I'll sure [C] surprise my wife
_ _ I [F] _ don't think I'll phone, _ [C] I'll just head on home
For I didn't know [G] the cold hard [C] facts of life
_ _ _ I passed a little wine store on the corner _
_ _ I _ [G] pictured pink champagne by _ [C] _ candlelight
_ _ _ I [F] stopped the car right then, _ [C] got out and hurried in
_ My mind not on [G] the cold hard [C] facts of _ life
_ _ [F] A stranger stood there laughing [C] by the counter
_ _ _ _ [G] He said, I'll take two bottles [C] of your _ best
_ _ [E] Her [F] _ husband's out of town and there's a [C] party
_ _ _ _ He winked as if to say, you know [G] the _ rest
_ I _ [C] left this store two steps behind the stranger
_ _ _ From [G] there to my house his car [C] stayed inside
_ _ _ But it [F] wasn't till he turned [C] into my drive that I learned
I was witnessing the [G] cold hard [C] facts of life
_ _ _ _ [F] I drove around the block till [C] I was busy
_ _ _ _ [G] Each time the noise came louder [C] from within
_ _ _ And [F] then I saw our bottle [C] there beside _ me
_ And I drank a fifth of courage [G] and walked in
_ _ _ _ [C] Lord, you should have seen their frantic faces _
_ _ _ They [G] screamed and cried, please put away [C] that knife
_ _ _ I [F] guess I'll go to hell or [C] I'll rot here in this cell
But who taught who [G] the cold hard [C] facts of life
_ _ _ _ Who taught who the [G] cold hard [C] facts of life
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _