Lesson in the pain of love chords by Delbert McClinton

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
I  (G major) never thought I'd ever be one
D 
To get a Dear John  (D major) letter
It sure can make a body
G 
feel  (G major) untogether
I read it through then I read it once more
C 
Lord, I thought I was dy (C major) in
Dropped the letter to the floor
D 
Caught my head in my hand (D major) s and I cried
You don't know how I cried

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Verse 2
G 
I  (G major) went to see my doctor
D 
told my doctor, doctor you got to help  (D major) me
This hurtin' in my heart's been
G 
'Round since my darlin' left  (G major) me
He said, son, I can cure your blues
C 
I can give you  (C major) pills if you want me to
D 
But there  (D major) really ain't nothin' I can do
For your kind of trouble
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 3
C 
My  (C major) luck ain't been too good
G 
The other day you know a mad dog  (G major) bit me
D 
C 
I  (D major) stopped to help a lady on the street  (C major) 
G 
D 
And her husband hit  (G major) me  (D major) 

Verse 4
G 
Don't  (G major) nothin' seem to
make much sense to me
C 
 (C major) My whole world's gone crazy
D 
I  (D major) guess it's just a lesson
Another lesson of the pains
G 
of  (G major) love

Interlude 1

Verse 5

My luck ain't been too good

The other day you know a mad dog bit me

I stopped to help a lady on the street

And her husband hit me

Verse 6
G 
Don't  (G major) nothin' seem to
make much sense to me
C 
 (C major) My whole world's gone crazy
D 
I  (D major) guess it's just a lesson
G 
Another lesson in the pains of  (G major) love
D 
I  (D major) guess it's just a lesson
G 
Another lesson in the pains of love  (G major) 
D 
Well, it must  (D major) be a lesson
G 
just a lesson in the pains of  (G major) love