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Key: E
🎸 Intro:
E
🎸 Verse :
E A
You keep talking about all of the good times
E B7
Says the gallows to the hanging tree
E A
Well, I wondered if you had me confused with somebody else
E B7 E
I can't figure why you'd be so hung up on me
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
A E
Oh, don't I know
F# B7 A
When I'd best set down that telephone
🎸 Chorus:
E A
Oh
Lord, don't tempt me now
E B7
While I'm weak and considering sin
E A
Please pardon me
Satan
E B7 E
Because I'm a drunk and you know I'll give in
🎸 Instrumental:
E A
E B7
E
🎸 Verse :
E A
As I crawled down that damp darkened hallway
E B7
Despair filled my boots up to the brim
E A
If the worth of a man is the weight of his word
E B7 E
I guess mine could be blown by the wind
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
A E
Oh, don't I know
F# B7 A
When I'd best set down that telephone
🎸 Chorus:
E A
Oh
Lord, don't tempt me now
E B7
While I'm weak and considering sin
E A
Please pardon me
Satan
E B7 E
Because I'm a drunk and you know I'll give in
🎸 Instrumental:
E A
E B7
E A
E B7 E
🎸 Bridge:
E A
On that long drive back from New York City
E B7
The mirrors avoided my eyes
E A
And that pride in my pocket tore a hole though my side
E B7 E
For in no person can a liar confide
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
A E
Oh, don't I know
F# B7 A
When I'd best set down that telephone
🎸 Chorus:
E A
Oh
Lord, don't tempt me now
E B7
While I'm weak and considering sin
E A
Please pardon me
Satan
E B7 E
Because I'm a drunk and you know I'll give in
🎸 Chorus:
E A
Oh
Lord, don't tempt me now
E B7
While I'm weak and considering sin
E A
Please pardon me
Satan
E B7 E
Because I'm a drunk and you know I'll give in
🎸 Outro:
B7 E
Song History
Published: March 20, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025