Tom: Ebm
INTRO:
F#
E|------------|
B|--------2---|
G|------3-----|
D|----4-------|
A|--4---------|
E|------------|
VERSE:
F#
I was headed north on Highway 5
B
On a starlit Sunday night
C# 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
C#
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
C# B F#
With an empty whiskey bottle by his side
F#
And through the blood and tears,
B
He whispered in my ear
C#
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
C#
That her soul would never rest
F#
And I can't leave this world
B
With my mama thinking
C#
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
C# B
How others sometimes pay
F#
For our mistakes
F#
Well the last thing on his mind
B
As he left this world behind
C# 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
C#
That her soul would never rest
F#
No, I can't leave this world
B
With my mama thinking
C#
That I met the Lord
B F#
With whiskey on my breath"
Woho woh woh
INSTRUMENTAL/G O:
B F#
Yeah yeah ah ah
C# B F#
Oh oh woh woh
CHORUS:
F# B
"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
B
With my mama thinking no
C#
That I met the Lord
B F#
With whiskey on my breath
C#
That I met the Lord
B F# B F#
With whiskey on my breath"
======================= CAPO: 1st FD T ==========================
SONG: C N'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING
ARTIST: FRANKIE BALA RD
TAB BY: C N CZARSKI
C N'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING
FRANKIE BALA RD
CAPO: 1st FD T
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/G O:
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"
