Wild Side of Life, The

Hank Thompson

[Introduction] G7  C
 
[Verse 1]
    C                C7          F
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
    G7                              C
You asked me not to call you on the phone
            C             C7         F
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
     G7                            C
So I wrote it in the words of this song
 
{ CHORUS }
         C             C7         F
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
  G7                                  C
I might have known you'd never make a wife
         C           C7            F
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
         G7                       C
And went back to the wild side of life
 
[Instrumental] C    F    G7   C
 
[Verse 2]
    C             C7                 F
The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
       G7                               C
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
          C          C7       F
Where you wait to be anybodys baby
       G7                            C
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
 
{ CHORUS }
         C             C7         F
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
  G7                                  C
I might have known you'd never make a wife
         C           C7            F
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
         G7                       C
And went back to the wild side of life
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