Tom: D
D (D7) G
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
A7 D
You asked me not to call you on the phone
(D7) G
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
A7 D
So I wrote it in the words of this song.
[Chorus]
(D7) G
I Didn't know God made honky tonk angels
A7 D
I might have known you'd never make a wife
D7 G
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
A7 D
And went back to the wild side of life.
D (D7) G
The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
A7 D
To the places where the wine and liquor flows
(D7) G
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
A7 D
And forget the truest love you'll ever know.
[Chorus]
(D7) G
I Didn't know God made honky tonk angels
A7 D
I might have known you'd never make a wife
D7 G
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
A7 D
And went back to the wild side of life.
D (D7) G
It hurt me to know that you don't love me,
A7 D
Though I know our love's forever gone,
(D7) G
And it killed my soul and pride dear inside me,
A7 D
When I saw you in that stranger's arms so long.
[Chorus]
(D7) G
I Didn't know God made honky tonk angels
A7 D
I might have known you'd never make a wife
D7 G
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
A7 D
And went back to the wild side of life.
D (D7) G
I'll just live my life alone with mem-ries of you,
A7 D
And dream of kisses you traded for my tears,
(D7) G
And no one will ever know how much I loved you,
A7 D
And I pray that you'll be happy through the years.
[Chorus]
(D7) G
I Didn't know God made honky tonk angels
A7 D
I might have known you'd never make a wife
D7 G
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
A7 D
And went back to the wild side of life.
