C                    G7             C 
I got back in town a day before I'd planned to 

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I smiled and said I'll sure surprise my wife 

F                       C 
I don't think I'll call I'll just get on home 

                      G7                 C 
For I didn't know the cold hard facts of life 


                  G7                C 
I passed a little wine store on the corner 

  G7                                C 
I pictured pink champagne by candle light 

  F                              C 
I stopped the car right then got out and hurried in 

                   G7                 C 
My mind not on the cold hard facts of life 


  F                                    C 
A stranger stood there laughing at the counter 

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He said I'll have two bottles of your best 

    F                                   C 
Her husband's out of town and there's a party 

                                    G7 
He winked as if to say you know the rest 


  C                  G7               C 
I left the store two steps behind the stranger 

     G7                                  C 
From there to my house his car stayed in sight 

   F                     C 
It wasn't till he turned into my drive that I learned 

                     G7                 C 
I was witnessing the cold hard facts of life 


  F                                 C 
I drove around the block till I was dizzy 

     G7                                  C 
Each time the noise came louder from within 

    F                             C 
And then I saw our bottle there beside me 

                                      G7 
I drank a fifth of courage and walked in 


C                    G7                 C 
Lord you should have seen their frantic faces 

     G7                                      C 
They screamed and cried please put away that knife 

  F                        C 
I think I'll go to hell or I'll rot here in this cell 

                       G7                 C 
But who taught who the cold hard facts of life 


                       G7                 C 
But who taught who the cold hard facts of life