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Wild Side Of Life

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I:
Well you Bbwouldn't read my letters if I Ebwrote you
You F7asked me not to call you on the Bbphone
Well there's Bbsomething I've been Bb7waiting for to Ebtell you
So I F7wrote it in the words of a Bbsong
II:
Now the Bbglamour of the gay night-life has Eblured you
To the F7places where the wine and liquor Bbflow
Well you Bbwent to be somebody else's Ebbaby
And forF7get the truest love you've ever Bbknown
Chorus:
I never Bbknew there were honky-tonk Ebangels
Oh I F7might have known you'd never make a Bbwife
                   Bb            Bb7   Eb-  Eb/D- Cm  
You gave up the only one who ever loved you
And went F7back to that wild side of Bblife
II:
Now the Bbglamour of the gay night-life has Eblured you
To the F7places where the wine and liquor Bbflow
Well you Bbwent to be somebody else's Ebbaby
And forF7get the truest love you've ever Bbknown
Chorus (x2):
I never Bbknew there were honky-tonk Ebangels
Oh I F7might have known you'd never make a Bbwife
                   Bb            Bb7   Eb-  Eb/D- Cm  
You gave up the only one who ever loved you
And went F7back to that wild side of Bblife

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Bb major

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Wild Side Of Life

by Status Quo

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bb7

Eb/D

Bb Eb

Well you wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you

F7 Bb

You asked me not to call you on the phone

Bb Bb7 Eb

Well there's something I've been waiting for to tell you

F7 Bb

So I wrote it in the words of a song

II:

Bb Eb

Now the glamour of the gay night-life has lured you

F7 Bb

To the places where the wine and liquor flow

Bb Eb

Well you went to be somebody else's baby

F7 Bb

And forget the truest love you've ever known

Chorus:

Bb Eb

I never knew there were honky-tonk angels

F7 Bb

Oh I might have known you'd never make a wife

Bb Bb7 Eb Eb/D Cm

- -

You gave up the only one who ever loved you

F7 Bb

And went back to that wild side of life

II:

Bb Eb

Now the glamour of the gay night-life has lured you

F7 Bb

To the places where the wine and liquor flow

Bb Eb

Well you went to be somebody else's baby

F7 Bb

And forget the truest love you've ever known

Chorus (x2):

Bb Eb

I never knew there were honky-tonk angels

F7 Bb

Oh I might have known you'd never make a wife

Bb Bb7 Eb Eb/D Cm

- -

You gave up the only one who ever loved you

F7 Bb

And went back to that wild side of life

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