Frankie Ballard

Dont Tell Mama I Was Drinking(Chords)

Frankie Ballard

Key: F#

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Intro: 
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Verse: 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 Verse: 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'
Verse: 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
Instrumental/Solo: 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'

Written by Buddy Brock/Jerry Laseter/Kim Williams

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