Chords for The Wild Side Of Life : Waylon Jenning & Jessi Colter
Tempo:
112.55 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
B
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [B]
[E]
You wouldn't read my letter if [A] I wrote you You [B] asked me not to call you, you [E] won't call
But there's something I'm wanting [A] to tell you So [B] I wrote it in the words of [E] this song
[B] I didn't [E] know God made honky [A]-tonking wolves [B] I might have known you'd never make [E] a wife
You gave up the only one who ever [A] loved you And [B] went back to the wild [E] side of life
[B]
[Gbm] [B] [E]
[G] [Ab] [A]
[D] As I sit here tonight, could you [G] pause and sing This
[A] song about the wild side [D] of life
As I listen to the words you [G] are saying It [A] brings memories of when I was a [D] trusting child
It wasn't God who made [Bb] honky [G]-tonking dead As you [A] say in the words of your [D] song
[G] [D] Too many times married men think [G] they're single And [A] it's caused many a good girl to [D] go wrong
It wasn't God who made honky [G]-tonking joe I
[A] might have known you'd never make [D] a wife
Too many times married men [G] think they're single And [A] go back to the wild [D] side of life
They [A] go back to the wild side [D] of life
[E]
You wouldn't read my letter if [A] I wrote you You [B] asked me not to call you, you [E] won't call
But there's something I'm wanting [A] to tell you So [B] I wrote it in the words of [E] this song
[B] I didn't [E] know God made honky [A]-tonking wolves [B] I might have known you'd never make [E] a wife
You gave up the only one who ever [A] loved you And [B] went back to the wild [E] side of life
[B]
[Gbm] [B] [E]
[G] [Ab] [A]
[D] As I sit here tonight, could you [G] pause and sing This
[A] song about the wild side [D] of life
As I listen to the words you [G] are saying It [A] brings memories of when I was a [D] trusting child
It wasn't God who made [Bb] honky [G]-tonking dead As you [A] say in the words of your [D] song
[G] [D] Too many times married men think [G] they're single And [A] it's caused many a good girl to [D] go wrong
It wasn't God who made honky [G]-tonking joe I
[A] might have known you'd never make [D] a wife
Too many times married men [G] think they're single And [A] go back to the wild [D] side of life
They [A] go back to the wild side [D] of life
Key:
A
D
B
G
E
A
D
B
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
You wouldn't read my letter if [A] I wrote you _ _ You _ [B] asked me not to call you, you [E] won't call
_ But _ _ there's something I'm _ wanting [A] to tell you So _ _ [B] I wrote it in the words of [E] this song
_ _ _ [B] I didn't [E] know _ God made honky [A]-tonking wolves _ _ _ [B] I might have known you'd never make [E] a wife
_ You _ _ gave up the only one who ever [A] loved you _ _ _ And [B] went back to the wild _ [E] side of life
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[Gbm] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[G] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] As I sit here tonight, could you [G] pause and sing _ _ This _ _
[A] _ song about the wild side [D] of life
_ _ _ As I listen to the words you [G] are saying _ _ It _ [A] brings memories of when I was a [D] trusting _ child
_ It wasn't God who made _ [Bb] honky [G]-tonking dead _ _ As you [A] say _ in the words of your [D] _ song
[G] _ [D] _ Too many _ times married men think [G] they're single _ _ And _ [A] it's caused many a good girl to [D] go _ wrong
_ It wasn't God who made _ honky [G]-tonking joe _ I _
[A] might have known you'd never make [D] a wife
_ _ _ Too many _ times married men _ [G] think they're single _ _ And _ [A] go back to the wild _ [D] side of life
_ _ _ _ They [A] go back to the wild side [D] of _ life _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
You wouldn't read my letter if [A] I wrote you _ _ You _ [B] asked me not to call you, you [E] won't call
_ But _ _ there's something I'm _ wanting [A] to tell you So _ _ [B] I wrote it in the words of [E] this song
_ _ _ [B] I didn't [E] know _ God made honky [A]-tonking wolves _ _ _ [B] I might have known you'd never make [E] a wife
_ You _ _ gave up the only one who ever [A] loved you _ _ _ And [B] went back to the wild _ [E] side of life
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[Gbm] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[G] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] As I sit here tonight, could you [G] pause and sing _ _ This _ _
[A] _ song about the wild side [D] of life
_ _ _ As I listen to the words you [G] are saying _ _ It _ [A] brings memories of when I was a [D] trusting _ child
_ It wasn't God who made _ [Bb] honky [G]-tonking dead _ _ As you [A] say _ in the words of your [D] _ song
[G] _ [D] _ Too many _ times married men think [G] they're single _ _ And _ [A] it's caused many a good girl to [D] go _ wrong
_ It wasn't God who made _ honky [G]-tonking joe _ I _
[A] might have known you'd never make [D] a wife
_ _ _ Too many _ times married men _ [G] think they're single _ _ And _ [A] go back to the wild _ [D] side of life
_ _ _ _ They [A] go back to the wild side [D] of _ life _ _ _ _