D                            G 
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you 
    A7                              D 
You asked me not to call you on the phone 
                                     G  
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you 
     A7                            D 
So I wrote it in the words of this song. 
 
Chorus: 
                                  G 
I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels 
  A7                                  D 
I might have known you'd never make a wife 
                                   G 
You gave up the only one that ever loved you 
         A7                       D 
And went back to The Wild Side of Life. 
 
    D                                G 
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you 
       A7                               D 
To the places where the wine and liquor flows 
                               G 
Where you wait to be anybody's baby 
    A7                                 D 
And forget the truest love you'll ever know. 
 
Chorus: 
 
   D                              G 
It hurt me to know that you don't love me 
  A7                             D 
Though I know our love's forever gone 
                                     G 
And it killed my soul and pride dear inside me 
       A7                                 D 
When I saw you in that stranger's arms so long. 
 
     D                                     G 
I'll just live my life alone with memories of you 
    A7                                D 
And dream of kisses you traded for my tears 
                                     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. 
 
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