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

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Donczarski53
• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard tuning

SONG:  DON'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING
ARTIST: FRANKIE BALLARD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]


        DON'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING
            FRANKIE BALLARD


CAPO: NONE

INTRO:
  F#F#
E MajorE ------------
BB --------2---
G+G ------3-----
D MajorD ----4-------
A augmentedA --4---------
E MajorE ------------

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

   F#F#
As I watched in my headlights,
   BB
He swerved left

And then back right

   DbDb
Never hit the brakes
BB        F#F#
As he left the road


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

   F#F#
And through the blood and tears,
   BB
He whispered in my ear
 DbDb
A augmentedA few last words
 BB       F#F#
Just before he died

CHORUS:

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

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

    DbDb
That I met the Lord
    BB       F#F#
With whiskey on my breath"


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

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


CHORUS:

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

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

    DbDb
That I met the Lord
    BB       F#F#
With whiskey on my breath"

Woho woh woh


INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO:
BB     F#F#
  Yeah yeah ah ah
DbDb    BB   F#F#
Oh oh  woh woh


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

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

    DbDb
That I met the Lord
    BB       F#F#
With whiskey on my breath

    DbDb
That I met the Lord
    BB       F#F#   BB F#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: [email protected]


        DON'T TELL MAMA I WAS DRINKING
            FRANKIE BALLARD


CAPO: 1st FRET

INTRO:
  FF
E MajorE ------------
BB --------1---
G+G ------2-----
D MajorD ----3-------
A augmentedA --3---------
E MajorE ------------

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

   FF
As I watched in my headlights,
   Bb majorBb
He swerved left

And then back right

   C majorC
Never hit the brakes
Bb majorBb       FF
As he left the road


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

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


CHORUS:

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

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

    C majorC
That I met the Lord
    Bb majorBb      FF
With whiskey on my breath"


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

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


CHORUS:

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

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

    C majorC
That I met the Lord
    Bb majorBb      FF
With whiskey on my breath"

Woho woh woh


INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO:
Bb majorBb    FF
  Yeah yeah ah ah
C majorC     Bb majorBb   FF
Oh oh  woh woh


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

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

    C majorC
That I met the Lord
    Bb majorBb      FF
With whiskey on my breath

    C majorC
That I met the Lord
    Bb majorBb      FF   Bb majorBb FF
With whiskey on my breath"
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