Chords
Cold Hard Facts Of Life

Key: C

Introduction:

C                                                    G7                                 C  
I got back in town a day before I'd planned to
     G7                                                                                              C  
I smiled and said I'll sure surprise my wife
F                                                            C  
I don't think I'll call I'll just get on home
                                                          G7                                            C  
For I didn't know the cold hard facts of life
                                                G7                                         C  
I passed a little wine store on the corner
     G7                                                                                    C  
I pictured pink champagne by candle light
     F                                                                              C  
I stopped the car right then got out and hurried in
                                                  G7                                            C  
My mind not on the cold hard facts of life
     F                                                                                              C  
A stranger stood there laughing at the counter
        G7                                                                                      C  
He said I'll have two bottles of your best
          F                                                                                            C  
Her husband's out of town and there's a party
                                                                                                G7  
He winked as if to say you know the rest
     C                                              G7                                      C  
I left the store two steps behind the stranger
             G7                                                                                         C  
From there to my house his car stayed in sight
        F                                                      C  
It wasn't till he turned into my drive that I learned
                                                        G7                                            C  
I was witnessing the cold hard facts of life
     F                                                                                      C  
I drove around the block till I was dizzy
             G7                                                                                         C  
Each time the noise came louder from within
          F                                                                            C  
And then I saw our bottle there beside me
                                                                                                     G7  
I drank a fifth of courage and walked in
C                                                    G7                                            C  
Lord you should have seen their frantic faces
             G7                                                                                                    C  
They screamed and cried please put away that knife
     F                                                              C  
I think I'll go to hell or I'll rot here in this cell
                                                             G7                                            C  
But who taught who the cold hard facts of life
                                                             G7                                            C  
But who taught who the cold hard facts of life