Don't Tell Mama (I Was Drinking) chords by Philomena Begley

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Verse 1
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I  was heading north on Highway 5
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on a starlit Sunday night
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When a pickup truck flew
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by me out of control
As I watched in my headlights,
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he swerved left, then back right
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He never hit the brakes
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as he left the road
I found him lying in the grass,
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among the steel and glass
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With an empty whiskey bottle by his side
And through the blood and tears
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He whispered in my ear
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A few last words just before he died
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Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'
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Lord knows her soul would never rest
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I can't believe this world
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with Mama thinkin'
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I met the Lord with whiskey
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on my bread
I still think about that night
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And how that young man died
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And how others sometimes
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pay for our mistakes
The last thing on his mind
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As he left this world behind
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Was knowing someone else's
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heart would break
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Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'
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Lord, no, her soul would never rest
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I came to leave this world
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with mama thinkin'
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I met the Lord with whiskey
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on my bread
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Don't tell mama I was drinkin' you