Chords for THE GRASCALS / "DON'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING"

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_ _ I was heading north on Highway 5 on [C] a stormy Sunday night
When [D] a pickup [A] truck [D] flew by me out [G] of [D] control _ _ _
As I watched in my [Gm] _
headlights, [C] he swerved left then that right
_ [D] Never hid the grace as he left the road _ _ _
_ I found him lying in the grass [G] _ _ [C] among the steel and glass
_ [D] With an empty _ whiskey bottle by [G] his side
[D] _ _ _ _ _ And to the [G] right here, _ _ [C] he _ whispered in my ear
_ [D] A few last words just before [G] he died _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] Don't tell mama _ [C] I'm drinking _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Lord _ knows her soul will [D] never rest _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I can't leave this world [Bm] when [C] my love's aching _
_ _ _ _ [D] I ain't mad at the Lord, whiskey on [G] my breast
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_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ You know I still think of that night, _ _ [C] _ _ _
how that young boy died
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And I have others, you know sometimes they [G] pay for our mistakes
But _ _ _ _ you know the last thing _ _ on that boy's mind
[C] As he left this big cold world behind _
[D] _ It was just numb, his poor mother's [G] heart was gonna break _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Don't [E] tell mama [C#m] I'm [D] drinking _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Lord _ knows her soul will _ [E] never _ rest
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] I can't leave this [E] world when [D] my love's aching
_ _ _ _ _ I ain't mad at the Lord, whiskey _ on [A] my breast _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Don't tell mama _ I [D] was _ drinking _ _
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