IntroDD/FGAD x2
DD/FG
Twenty seven days Ive been out on the road
AD
Im a nervous wreck I gotta get back home
D/FG
Theres a young bride waiting for me all alone
AD
Lord how she misses me
IntroDD/FGADDD/FG
I can see her sittin in the kitchen chair
AD
In a cotton dress with her long black hair
D/FG
But a woman aint pretty if a man aint there
AD
Like I cant afford to be
ChorusGD
Its a shame its a shame
AD
She wont be the one to blame
GDAD
Oh the hurtinest thing in the whole wide world
AD
Is the heart of a lonely girl
IntroDD/FGADDD/FG
Like a red-tail fox to a blue tick hound
AD
Shes the hottest thing for miles around
D/FG
All them other boys in our hometown
AD
Got tricks hid up their sleeves
DD/FG
Now it aint her that I dont trust
AD
Shes pretty and pure as diamond dust
D/FG
But lonesome is this lonesome girl
AD
She cant help what she needs
ChorusGD
Its a shame its a shame
AD
She wont be the one to blame
GDAD
Oh the hurtinest thing in the whole wide world
AD
Is the heart of a lonely girl
GD
The heart of a lonely girl
AD
The heart of a lonely girl
GDAD
Oh the hurtinest thing in the whole wide world
AD
Is the heart of a lonely girl
Solo (same as Chorus)x2
DD/FG
Daddy was a rambler just like me
AD
I guess the apple dont fall too far from the tree
D/FG
When I ask why momma had to go that day
AD
Well he dont know and she wont say
ChorusGD
Its a shame its a shame
AD
She wont be the one to blame
GDAD
Oh the hurtinest thing in the whole wide world
AD
Is the heart of a lonely girl
GD
Its a shame its a shame
AD
She wont be the one to blame
GDAD
Oh the hurtinest thing in the whole wide world
AD
Is the heart of a lonely girl
GDAD
Oh the hurtinest thing in the whole wide world
AD
Is the heart of a lonely girl
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