Chords
Dont Tell Mama I Was Drinking

Key: F

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
F#  
I was headed north on Highway 5
B  
On a starlit Sunday night
                     Db                                         B                                         F#  
When a pick-up truck flew by me out of control
                F#  
As I watched in my headlights,
             B  
He swerved left
And then back right
                Db  
Never hit the brakes
B                                      F#  
As he left the road
                                  F#  
I found him lying in the grass
     B  
Among the steel and glass
                     Db                                 B                                 F#  
With an empty whiskey bottle by his side
                F#  
And through the blood and tears,
             B  
He whispered in my ear
     Db  
A few last words
  B                                    F#  
Just before he died
And he said,
     F#                                                      B  
"Don't tell mama I was drinking
                                F#  
Cause Lord knows
                                                                        Db  
That her soul would never rest
          F#  
And I can't leave this world
                                        B  
With my mama thinking
                  Db  
That I met the Lord
                  B                                 F#  
With whiskey on my breath"
        F#  
I still think about that night
             B  
And how that young man died
          Db                                         B  
How others sometimes pay
                        F#  
For our mistakes
                          F#  
Well the last thing on his mind
                  B  
As he left this world behind
             Db                                 B                                                 F#  
Was knowing someone else's heart would break
And he says
     F#                                                      B  
"Don't tell mama I was drinking
                                F#  
Cause Lord knows
                                                                        Db  
That her soul would never rest
                  F#  
No, I can't leave this world
                                        B  
With my mama thinking
                  Db  
That I met the Lord
                  B                                 F#  
With whiskey on my breath"
Woho woh woh
B                      F#  
          Yeah yeah ah ah
Db                    B              F#  
Oh oh         woh woh
     F#                                                      B  
"Don't tell mama I was drinking
                                F#  
Cause Lord knows
                                                                        Db  
That her soul would never rest
          F#  
No, I can't leave this world
                                        B  
With my mama thinking no
                  Db  
That I met the Lord
                  B                                 F#  
With whiskey on my breath
                  Db  
That I met the Lord
                  B                                 F#            B    F#  
With whiskey on my breath"