Chords for The Wild Side of Life / It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Tempo:
65.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D]
You wouldn't read my letter [G] if I wrote you.
[G]
[A] You asked me not to call you [D] on the phone.
But there's something I'm [G] wanting to tell you.
[A] So I wrote it in the words [D] of this song.
[Bm] I didn't [D] know God made honky [G]-tonk angels.
[A] I might have known you'd never [D] make a wife.
You gave up the only one that [G] ever loved you.
[A] And went back to the wild [Bm] side of [D] life.
[G]
[A] [D]
[A] As I sit here tonight, the [D] jukebox playing
[E] The tune about the wild [A] side of life.
As I listen to the words [D] you are saying,
[E] It brings memories when I was a [A] trusting wife.
It wasn't God who made [D] honky-tonk angels.
[E] As you said in the words [A] of your song,
Too many times married men think [D] they're still single.
[E] That has caused many a good girl [A] to go wrong.
It's a shame that all the blame [D] is on us women.
[E] It's not true that only you men [A] feel the same.
From the start, most every heart that's [D] ever broken
Was [E] because there always was a [A] man to blame.
It wasn't God who made honky [D]-tonk angels.
[E] As you said in the words [A] of your song,
Too [F#m] many times [A] married men think they're [D] still single.
That [E] has caused many a good girl to [A] go wrong.
[D] [B] [G]
[F#m] [A] [D]
[G]
[A] [D]
I didn't know God made honky [G]-tonk angels.
I [A] might have known you'd never make a [D] wife.
You gave up the only one that ever [G] loved you.
And went [A] back to the wild side [Bm] of [D] life.
And went back [A] to the wild side of [D] life.
[Gm] [D]
You wouldn't read my letter [G] if I wrote you.
[G]
[A] You asked me not to call you [D] on the phone.
But there's something I'm [G] wanting to tell you.
[A] So I wrote it in the words [D] of this song.
[Bm] I didn't [D] know God made honky [G]-tonk angels.
[A] I might have known you'd never [D] make a wife.
You gave up the only one that [G] ever loved you.
[A] And went back to the wild [Bm] side of [D] life.
[G]
[A] [D]
[A] As I sit here tonight, the [D] jukebox playing
[E] The tune about the wild [A] side of life.
As I listen to the words [D] you are saying,
[E] It brings memories when I was a [A] trusting wife.
It wasn't God who made [D] honky-tonk angels.
[E] As you said in the words [A] of your song,
Too many times married men think [D] they're still single.
[E] That has caused many a good girl [A] to go wrong.
It's a shame that all the blame [D] is on us women.
[E] It's not true that only you men [A] feel the same.
From the start, most every heart that's [D] ever broken
Was [E] because there always was a [A] man to blame.
It wasn't God who made honky [D]-tonk angels.
[E] As you said in the words [A] of your song,
Too [F#m] many times [A] married men think they're [D] still single.
That [E] has caused many a good girl to [A] go wrong.
[D] [B] [G]
[F#m] [A] [D]
[G]
[A] [D]
I didn't know God made honky [G]-tonk angels.
I [A] might have known you'd never make a [D] wife.
You gave up the only one that ever [G] loved you.
And went [A] back to the wild side [Bm] of [D] life.
And went back [A] to the wild side of [D] life.
[Gm] [D]
Key:
D
A
G
E
Bm
D
A
G
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
You wouldn't read my letter [G] if I wrote you.
[G] _
[A] You asked me not to call you [D] on the phone.
But there's something I'm [G] wanting to tell you. _
[A] So I wrote it in the words [D] of this song.
[Bm] I didn't [D] know God made honky [G]-tonk angels. _
[A] I might have known you'd never [D] make a wife.
You gave up the only one that [G] ever loved you. _
[A] And went back to the wild [Bm] side of [D] life.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] As I sit here tonight, the [D] jukebox playing
[E] The tune about the wild [A] side of life.
As I listen to the words [D] you are saying,
[E] It brings memories when I was a [A] trusting wife.
It wasn't God who made [D] honky-tonk angels.
[E] As you said in the words [A] of your song,
Too many times married men think [D] they're still single.
[E] That has caused many a good girl [A] to go wrong.
It's a shame that all the blame [D] is on us women. _
[E] It's not true that only you men [A] feel the same. _
From the start, most every heart that's [D] ever broken
Was [E] because there always was a [A] man to blame.
It wasn't God who made honky [D]-tonk angels. _
[E] As you said in the words [A] of your song,
Too [F#m] many times [A] married men think they're [D] still single.
That [E] has caused many a good girl to [A] go wrong. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _
_ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I didn't know God made honky [G]-tonk angels.
I [A] might have known you'd never make a [D] wife.
You gave up the only one that ever [G] loved you.
And went [A] back to the wild side [Bm] of [D] life.
And went back [A] to the wild side of [D] life.
_ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You wouldn't read my letter [G] if I wrote you.
[G] _
[A] You asked me not to call you [D] on the phone.
But there's something I'm [G] wanting to tell you. _
[A] So I wrote it in the words [D] of this song.
[Bm] I didn't [D] know God made honky [G]-tonk angels. _
[A] I might have known you'd never [D] make a wife.
You gave up the only one that [G] ever loved you. _
[A] And went back to the wild [Bm] side of [D] life.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] As I sit here tonight, the [D] jukebox playing
[E] The tune about the wild [A] side of life.
As I listen to the words [D] you are saying,
[E] It brings memories when I was a [A] trusting wife.
It wasn't God who made [D] honky-tonk angels.
[E] As you said in the words [A] of your song,
Too many times married men think [D] they're still single.
[E] That has caused many a good girl [A] to go wrong.
It's a shame that all the blame [D] is on us women. _
[E] It's not true that only you men [A] feel the same. _
From the start, most every heart that's [D] ever broken
Was [E] because there always was a [A] man to blame.
It wasn't God who made honky [D]-tonk angels. _
[E] As you said in the words [A] of your song,
Too [F#m] many times [A] married men think they're [D] still single.
That [E] has caused many a good girl to [A] go wrong. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _
_ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I didn't know God made honky [G]-tonk angels.
I [A] might have known you'd never make a [D] wife.
You gave up the only one that ever [G] loved you.
And went [A] back to the wild side [Bm] of [D] life.
And went back [A] to the wild side of [D] life.
_ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _