G D7 G
You ask me how long I've been drinking
D7 G
And living this honky tonk life
G7 C
Well listen girls I'll tell you my story
G D7 G
I'm a mother that was once a happy wife
D7 G
I'm a girl just like so many others
D7 G
Neither good nor bad may be a girl like you
G7 C
And just think what for the grace of God in heaven
G D7 G G7
It could have been your heart that was broke two
C G
I'm a girl that's left without a future
D7
And the baby boy that has his daddy's name
C G
And the baby looks just like his daddy
D7 G
But another woman wears my wedding ring
G D7 G
You ask me how long I've been drinking
D7 G
And living this honky tonk life
G7 C
Well listen girls I'll tell you my story
G D7 G
I'm a mother that was once a happy wife