Chords for Merle Haggard - The Wild Side Of Life

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_ _ _ You wouldn't read my [Am] letter [Bb] if [G] I wrote [Eb] you.
[Em] _
[G] _ _ [A] You asked me not to [Em] call [A] you [D] on the phone. _ _
_ _ But there's _ something I'm wanting [G] to tell you. _
So _ [A] I wrote it [Dbm] in the [Db] _ words of [D] this song.
[Em] _ [D] _
_ I didn't know God made [Am] honky [G]-tonk angels. _ _
_ _ _ [A] I might have known you'd never [D] make a wife. _
_ You gave up the only one who [G] ever loved you. _
_ _ [A] And went back to the [Em] wild [D] side of life.
[E] _ [D] _
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_ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The _ glamour of the gay _ [G] nightlife has lured you _
to [A] the places where [Em] the wine and [D] liquor [Em] flow.
[D] _ _
_ Where you wait to [Am]
be _ [Bbm] [G] anybody's baby. _ _
_ And [A] forget the [Em] truest love [A] you'll [D] ever know. _ _
I didn't know God made _ honky [G]-tonk angels. _ _
_ _ [A] I might have known [Em] you'd never make [D] a wife. _ _ _
You [Bm] gave [D] up the only one who [G] ever loved [Gm] [G] you. _
And [A] went back to [Ab] the [Em] wild _ [A] side _ [D] of life. _
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