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Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinking by Frankie Ballard

Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinking chords by Frankie Ballard

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  • Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard tuning

SONG:  DON'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING
ARTIST: FRANKIE BALLARD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


        DON'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING
            FRANKIE BALLARD


CAPO: NONE

INTRO:
  F#
E ------------
B --------2---
G ------3-----
D ----4-------
A --4---------
E ------------
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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


CHORUS:

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


CHORUS:

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


CHORUS:
 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"


======================= CAPO: 1st FRET ==========================


SONG:  DON'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING
ARTIST: FRANKIE BALLARD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


        DON'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING
            FRANKIE BALLARD


CAPO: 1st FRET

INTRO:
  F
E ------------
B --------1---
G ------2-----
D ----3-------
A --3---------
E ------------

VERSE:
F
I was headed north on Highway 5
Bb
On a starlit Sunday night
    C         Bb        F
When a pick-up truck flew by me out of control

   F
As I watched in my headlights,
   Bb
He swerved left

And then back right

   C
Never hit the brakes
Bb       F
As he left the road


VERSE:
       F
I found him lying in the grass
 Bb
Among the steel and glass
    C       Bb      F
With an empty whiskey bottle by his side

   F
And through the blood and tears,
   Bb
He whispered in my ear
 C
A few last words
 Bb       F
Just before he died


CHORUS:

And he said,
 F           Bb
"Don't tell mama I was drinking
      F
Cause Lord knows
              C
That her soul would never rest

  F
And I can't leave this world
        Bb
With my mama thinking

    C
That I met the Lord
    Bb      F
With whiskey on my breath"


VERSE:
  F
I still think about that night
   Bb
And how that young man died
  C         Bb
How others sometimes pay
     F
For our mistakes

     F
Well the last thing on his mind
    Bb
As he left this world behind
   C       Bb         F
Was knowing someone else's heart would break


CHORUS:

And he says
 F           Bb
"Don't tell mama I was drinking
      F
Cause Lord knows
              C
That her soul would never rest

    F
No, I can't leave this world
        Bb
With my mama thinking

    C
That I met the Lord
    Bb      F
With whiskey on my breath"

Woho woh woh


INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO:
Bb    F
  Yeah yeah ah ah
C     Bb   F
Oh oh  woh woh


CHORUS:
 F           Bb
"Don't tell mama I was drinking
      F
Cause Lord knows
              C
That her soul would never rest

  F
No, I can't leave this world
        Bb
With my mama thinking no

    C
That I met the Lord
    Bb      F
With whiskey on my breath

    C
That I met the Lord
    Bb      F   Bb F
With whiskey on my breath"
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