Don't Tell Mama
Gary AllanVersions2
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I was headed north on highway five/ on a star-lit Sundaynight/ 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 whisperd in my ear/ A few last words just before he
died/
Don't Tell Mamma I was drinkin'/ Lord knows her soul would never rest/ I
can't leave
this world with Mamma 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
somtimes
pay for our mistakes/ The last thing on his mind/ As he left this world
behind/ Was
knowing someone elses heart would break/ (repeat chorus)
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Readable chord sheet for Don't Tell Mama by Gary Allan
[G] [C]
[G]I was headed north on highway five/ on a star-lit Sundaynight/ When a pick-up
truck
[D] [G]
flew by me out of c[C]ontrol/ As I watched in my headlights/ He swerved left
then back
[G]right/ He never hit the brakes as he left the [D]road/ I found [G]him lying in the
grass/
[C] [G]
Among the steel[D] and glass/ W[G]ith an empty whiskey bottle by his side/ And
through
[C] [G]
the blood [D]and tears/ He whis[G]perd in my ear/ A few last words just before he
died/
[N.C.] [C] [G]
Don't Tell Ma[D]mma I w[G]as drinkin'/ Lord knows her soul would never rest/ I
can't leave
[C] [G] [D]
this world with [G]Mamma thinkin' / I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath
[G] [C] [G]
I still think about that night/ and how that young man died/ And how others
somtimes
[D] [G] [C]
pay for our mistakes/ T[G]he last thing on his mind/ As he left this world
behind/ Was
knowing someone elses heart would b[D]reak/ (repeat ch[G]orus)