Chords for Gary Allan - Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinking

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I was headed north on highway 5 [Bb] on a started _ Sunday night _
[C] When a pickup truck flew by me out [F] of control _ _ _ _ _
As I watched in my headlights he [Bb] swerved left then back right
He [C] never hit the brakes as he left the [F] road
I _ _ found him lying in the grass _
_ [Bb] among [F] the steel and glass _
[C] With an empty _ whiskey bottle [C] by [F] his _ side _ _ _
Through the blood and tears [Bb] he whispered in my ear
[C] A few last words just before [F] he died _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Don't tell mama I [Bb] was drinking _ _ _ _
[F] Lord knows _ her soul would [C] never rest _ _ _ _
[F] I can't leave this [F] world with [Bb] mama thinking _ _
I [C] met the Lord with whiskey on [F] my breath _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ I _ [F] still think about that night _ [Bb] and how that young man died
And [C] how others sometimes pay for [F] our _ mistakes _ _ _
The last thing on his mind as [Bb] he left this world behind _
[C] Was knowing _ someone else's heart [F] would break _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Don't tell mama _ [Bb] I was drinking _ _ _ _
[F] Lord knows her soul would [C] never rest
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_ [F] _ can't leave this world with [Bb] mama thinking
_ _ I _ [C] met the Lord with whiskey [F] on my breath
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_ [F] _ _ Don't tell mama _ _ I [Bb] was _ drinking _
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