Standard (EADGBE)

I was headed north on highway five/ on a star-lit Sundaynight/ When a pick-up

truck

flew by me out of c ontrol/ As I watched in my headlights/ He swerved left

then back

right/ He never hit the brakes as he left the road/ I found him lying in the

grass/

Among the steel and glass/ W ith an empty whiskey bottle by his side/ And

through

the blood and tears/ He whis perd in my ear/ A few last words just before he

died/

Chorus

Don't Tell Mamma I w as drinkin'/ Lord knows her soul would never rest/ I

can't leave

this world with Mamma thinkin' / I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath

I still think about that night/ and how that young man died/ And how others

somtimes

pay for our mistakes/ T he last thing on his mind/ As he left this world

behind/ Was

knowing someone elses heart would break/ (repeat ch orus)