Reasons I Cheat
By Randy Travis

Intro: F  F#dim 7  C  G/D  C/E  F  C/G      C

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A working day to long when everything goes wrong

F                      G               C
And a boss who don't know I'm alive

G                 G/B          Am              Am/G       D                  
I once had a notion I'd get that promotion, but now I barley survive

     C                 G/B         Am         Am/G            
A wife to demanding with no understanding 

F                                       E7
Of why I stay dead on my feet

      F          G7       C  C/D   C7     F
                                      
A dimly lit tavern a willing young woman 

C/G               G7                C
Are some of the reasons I cheat

        C                G/B             Am                    Am/G      
The hair that I'm losing and a women who's choosing 


F                      G               C
To lay sound asleep by my side

G    C                     G/B               Am                Am/G     
The bills they are mounting thats when I start counting 

             D                                 G
On someone to help sooth my pride

     C             G/B           Am           Am/G                 F
A lady that knows me affection she shows me and a smile so easy and sweet

          F                     G7           C    C/D  C7     F        
The dreams that I've buried the load that I've carried

       C/G                 G7       C
Are some of the reasons I cheat

        E                                          F
My children keep on growing me age keeps on showing

        E                                 F 
Like all  of my old friends I meet

             F#dim7            C      F     C/E    F      
So I'm getting older my life's growing colder

         C/G                G7       C 
Just some of the reasons I cheat

C7   F               F#dim7   C                    F           
Yes I'm getting older my life's growing colder

        C/G             G7          C  
Just some of the reasons I cheat