IntroDDGAD x2
DDG
Twenty seven days Ive been out on the road
AD
Im a nervous wreck I gotta get back home
DG
Theres a young bride waiting for me all alone
AD
Lord how she misses me
IntroDDGADDDG
I can see her sittin in the kitchen chair
AD
In a cotton dress with her long black hair
DG
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
IntroDDGADDDG
Like a red-tail fox to a blue tick hound
AD
Shes the hottest thing for miles around
DG
All them other boys in our hometown
AD
Got tricks hid up their sleeves
DDG
Now it aint her that I dont trust
AD
Shes pretty and pure as diamond dust
DG
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
DDG
Daddy was a rambler just like me
AD
I guess the apple dont fall too far from the tree
DG
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
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.