Chords for Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter.......Wild Side of life
Tempo:
113.1 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[E]
You wouldn't read my letter if [A] I wrote you.
[B] You asked me not to call [B] you, oh [E] Paul, but there's something I'm wanting [A] to tell you.
So [B] I wrote it in the words of [E] this song.
didn't [E] know God made honky-tonk [A] angels.
I might have known it'd never make a [B] wise.
gave [E] up the only one who [E] ever [A] loved you
[E]
You wouldn't read my letter if [A] I wrote you.
[B] You asked me not to call [B] you, oh [E] Paul, but there's something I'm wanting [A] to tell you.
So [B] I wrote it in the words of [E] this song.
didn't [E] know God made honky-tonk [A] angels.
I might have known it'd never make a [B] wise.
gave [E] up the only one who [E] ever [A] loved you
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
You wouldn't read my letter if [A] I wrote you. _ _ _ _
[B] You asked me not to call [B] you, oh [E] Paul, _ _ _ _ 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-tonk [A] _ angels. _ _ _
I might have known it'd never make a [B] wise.
_ _ _ _ You gave [E] up the only one who [E] ever [A] loved you
_ [A] _ and went [B] back to the wild _ side [E] of life. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
As [D] I sit here tonight, the [G] jukebox playing
_ _ _ this _ [A] song about the wild side [D] of life.
_ _ As I listen [D] to the words you [G] are saying,
_ _ _ it [A] brings memories of when I was a [D] trusting wife.
_ _ It wasn't _ God who [D] made [E] honky [G]-tonk angels. _ _ _ _
As you [A] say in the words of your [D] _ song,
_ _ too many _ times [A] 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]-tonk angels. _ _ _ _
[A] I might have known it'd never make [D] a wise.
_ _ _ 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 [D] side of life. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
You wouldn't read my letter if [A] I wrote you. _ _ _ _
[B] You asked me not to call [B] you, oh [E] Paul, _ _ _ _ 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-tonk [A] _ angels. _ _ _
I might have known it'd never make a [B] wise.
_ _ _ _ You gave [E] up the only one who [E] ever [A] loved you
_ [A] _ and went [B] back to the wild _ side [E] of life. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
As [D] I sit here tonight, the [G] jukebox playing
_ _ _ this _ [A] song about the wild side [D] of life.
_ _ As I listen [D] to the words you [G] are saying,
_ _ _ it [A] brings memories of when I was a [D] trusting wife.
_ _ It wasn't _ God who [D] made [E] honky [G]-tonk angels. _ _ _ _
As you [A] say in the words of your [D] _ song,
_ _ too many _ times [A] 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]-tonk angels. _ _ _ _
[A] I might have known it'd never make [D] a wise.
_ _ _ 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 [D] side of life. _ _ _ _ _
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