Verse: 

          A                             D 
Well, you wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you 
    E                               A    E 
You asked me not to call you on the phone, 
            A                                  D 
but there's something I've been wanting you to tell you 
     E                             A    E 
so I wrote it in the words of this song 

[Refrão]

         A                        D 
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels 
E                                     A   E 
I might have known you'd never make a wife, 
         A           A7            D        Bm 
you gave up the only one that ever loved you 
         E           E7           A   E 
and went back to the wild side of life... 

Verse: 

   A                         D 
Tu sabes que te quiero, vida mia 
  E                         A   E 
y sabes que yo sufro por tu amor 
     A                            D 
pero tu sigues viviendo en las cantinas 
  E                       A     E 
y yo me estoy muriendo de dolor. 
 

[Refrão]

         A                        D 
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels 
E                                     A   E 
I might have known you'd never make a wife, 
         A           A7            D        Bm 
you gave up the only one that ever loved you 
         E           E7           A   E 
and went back to the wild side of life...