Don't Tell Mama
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D-DU-UDU
I was headed north on Highway Five
On a star-lit Sunday night
When a pick-up truck flew by me
out of control
As I watched in my headlights
He swerved left then back right
He never hit the brakes
As he left the road
I found him lying in the grass
Among the steel and glass
With an empty whiskey bottle
by his side
And through the blood and tears
He whispered in my ear
A few last words
just before he died
Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'
Lord knows her soul would never rest
I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin'
I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath
I still think about that night
And how that young man died
And how others sometimes pay
for our mistakes
The last thing on his mind
As he left this world behind
Was knowing someone else's
heart would break
Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'
Lord knows her soul would never rest
I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin'
I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath
Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'
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Readable chord sheet for Don't Tell Mama by Gary Allan
[F] [F]I was headed north on Highway Five On a s[Bb]tar-lit Sunday night When a [C]pick-up truck flew [C7]by me out of con[F]trol As I [F]watched in my headl[F7]ights He swerved [Bb]left then back right He never h[C]it the brakes [C7] As he left [F]the road I found him l[F]ying in the g[F7]rass Am[Bb]ong the steel and glass With an [C]empty whiskey[C7] bottle by his[F] side And t[F]hrough the blood and t[F7]ears He wh[Bb]ispered in my ear A f[C]ew last words [C7] just before h[F]e died [F]Don't tell [F7]Mama I was d[Bb]rinkin' Lord k[F]nows her soul would never [C]rest [C7] [F]I can't leave thi[F7]s world with Ma[Bb]ma thinkin' I [C]met the Lord[C7] with whiskey on my[F] breath [C] [F] I still t[F]hink about that night And [Bb]how that young man died And how [C]others somet[C7]imes pay for our mist[F]akes The [F]last thing on his m[F7]ind As he l[Bb]eft this world behind Was k[C]nowing someone e[C7]lse's heart would b[F]reak [F]Don't tell [F7]Mama I was dr[Bb]inkin' Lord k[F]nows her soul would never[C] rest [C7] [F]I can't leave thi[F7]s world with Mam[Bb]a thinkin' I [C]met the Lord[C7] with whiskey on my[F] breath [F]Don't tell [F7]Mama I was d[Bb]rinkin'