Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat chords by David Allan Coe
Verse 1
G
D
G
C
D
Now I lay me down to cheat
G
On the woman I love so
Am
D
And if I die between these sheets
I pray to God she'll never know
G
Verse 2
Gm
Am
She's the be st thing in this life
D
Why she worships the ground
G
that he walks on
Gm
She waits up for him at night and worries
Am
D
Until he's safely
G
Am
home
And she always believes his stories
Bm
about working overtime
Am
And in twenty years beside him,
D
cheating's never crossed her mind
G
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Verse 3
Am
D
G
Aw but it crossed his
Early last summer
In a person of a neighbor that she still
Am
D
G
calls her friend
And with a little push from drinkin
one too many one night in the fall
Am
He gave in
Bm
And now he wishes
he could stop himself
Am
But theres no easy way
D
So he lays down with his lover
And silently he prays
Verse 4
C
D
Now I lay me down to cheat
G
On the woman I love so
Am
And if I die between these sheets
D
I pray to God she'll never know
G
Eb
Verse 5
Ab
Bbm
In his heart and soul
Eb
He knew that he was playing a game he
Ab
Abm
could never win
But you know,
Ab
Bbm
forbidden fruit is sweet
Eb
Why it was sweet enough to make
Ab
Bbm
him risk it all again
Cm
And now he's giving up on looking for
Bbm
a way to fight the feeling
So he prays this simple pray
Eb
And hope it makes it past the hotel ceiling
Verse 6
Db
Eb
Now I lay me down to cheat
Ab
On the woman I love so
Bbm
And if I die between these sheets
Eb
I pray to God she'll never know
Ab
Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat
David Allan Coe
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