{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":624035,"song":"Dont Tell Mama","artist":"Gary Allan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11574351-dont-tell-mama-chords-by-gary-allan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/624035?type=chord","rating":4.93085,"votes":52,"content":"[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was headed north on highway five[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\non a star-lit Sunday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen a pick-up truck flew by me out of control[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs I watched in my headlights[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe swerved left then back right[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe never hit the brakes as he left the road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI found him lying in the grass[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAmong the steel and glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith an empty whiskey bottle by his side[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd through The blood and tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe whispered in my ear[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA few last words just before he died[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab]  N.C.       [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't Tell Mama I was drinkin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLord knows her soul would never rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't leave this world with Mamma thinkin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI met the Lord with whiskey on my breath[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI still think about that night[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand how that young man died[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd how others somtimes pay for our mistakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe last thing on his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs he left this world behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas knowing someone else's heart would break[/tab]\r\n\r\n(repeat chorus)\r\n\r\nTAG\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't tell mama I was drinkin[/tab]","plain_text":"Chorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(repeat chorus)\n\nTAG","chords":["D","G","A","C","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}