Wild Side of Life Lyrics Chords

Hank Thompson

Written by Arlie A. Carter and William Warren

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                              F
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
    G7                          C
You asked me not to call you on the phone
                                  F
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
     G7                       C
So I wrote it in the words of this song

Verse 2

                                  F
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
  G7                                 C
I should have known you'd never make a wife
                                   F
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
         G7                    C
And went back to the wild side of life

Verse 3

                                     F
The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
       G7                               C
To the places where the wine and liquor flows
                              F
There you wait to be anybodys baby
    G7                          C
And forget the only love you'll ever know

Verse 4

                                  F
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
  G7                                 C
I should have known you'd never make a wife
                                   F
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
         G7                    C
And went back to the wild side of life