[VERSE]
G Cadd9 G
Well Robbie's got a brand new girlfriend.
G D G
She's got a scr i pt for pills.
G Cadd9 G
These here man they're the good ones.
G Cadd9 G
Counting those ten dollar bills.
[VERSE]
G Cadd9 G
What Mama don't know won't hurt her.
G D G
That's what he'd always say.
G Cadd9 G
He's going down to Bossier City.
G D G
Gonna drink his cares away.
SOLO
G Cadd9 G
G D G
G Cadd9 G
G D G
[VERSE]
G Cadd9 G
He's got a thousand dollars.
G D G
That's more than the saw mills paying.
G Cadd9 G
Lucy she's at her mamas.
G Cadd9 G
But he'll lose it all today
[VERSE]
G Cadd9 G
He's got a thousand dollars.
G D G
That's just some gasoline.
G Cadd9 G
You know that boy well he can gamble.
G Cadd9 G
Like you ain't never seen.
[CHORUS]
G Cadd9 G
What Mama don't know won't hurt her.
G D G
That's what he'd always say.
G Cadd9 G
He's going down to Bossier City.
G D G
Gonna drink his cares away.
[SOLO]
G Cadd9 G
G D G
G Cadd9 G
G D G
[VERSE]
G Cadd9 G
He's pulling down on that lever.
G D G
Like he's got cash to burn.
G Cadd9 G
Barely too proud to beg.
G D G
I guess that boy will never learn.
[VERSE]
G Cadd9 G
He's driving back home on sunday.
G D G
Praying he don't get killed.
G Cadd9 G
You know that Lucy's kinda crazy.
G D G
When she ain't got her pills.
[CHORUS]
G Cadd9 G
What Mama don't know won't hurt her.
G D G
That's what he'd always say.
G Cadd9 G
He's going down to Bossier City.
G D G
Gonna drink his cares away.
[SOLO]
G Cadd9 G
G D G
G Cadd9 G
G D G
[CHORUS]
(3x)
G Cadd9 G
What Mama don't know won't hurt her.
G D G
That's what he'd always say.
G Cadd9 G
He's going down to Bossier City.
G D G
Gonna drink his cares away.