Key: D
Introduction:
D G
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
A7 D
You asked me not to call you on the phone
G
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
A7 D
So I wrote it in the words of this song.
G
I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels
A7 D
I might have known you'd never make a wife
G
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
A7 D
And went back to The Wild Side of Life.
D G
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you
A7 D
To the places where the wine and liquor flows
G
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
A7 D
And forget the truest love you'll ever know.
D G
It hurt me to know that you don't love me
A7 D
Though I know our love's forever gone
G
And it killed my soul and pride dear inside me
A7 D
When I saw you in that stranger's arms so long.
D G
I'll just live my life alone with memories of you
A7 D
And dream of kisses you traded for my tears
G
And no one will ever know how much I loved you
A7 D
And I pray that you'll be happy through the years.