G (320003@1)                                                        C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I was headed north on highway five/ on a star-lit Sundaynight/ When a pick-up 
truck
                          D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)                                       
                   Cflew (x32010@1)by me out of control/ As I watched in my headlights/ He swerved left 
then back
G (320003@1)                                           D (xx0232@1)           Gright/ (320003@1)He never hit the brakes as he left the road/ I found him lying in the 
grass/
                  C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                                            
                D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1) Among the steel and glass/ With an empty whiskey bottle by his side/ And 
through
                                    C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                  
          D (xx0232@1)               Gthe (320003@1)blood and tears/ He whisperd in my ear/ A few last words just before he 
died/

chorus

NC                                C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                              
             D (xx0232@1)    GDon't (320003@1)Tell Mamma I was drinkin'/ Lord knows her soul would never rest/ I 
can't leave
                           C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)  
                Gthis (320003@1)world with Mamma thinkin' / I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath

G (320003@1)                                          C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)
   
I still think about that night/ and how that young man died/ And how others 
somtimes
                  D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1)             
                        G (320003@1)pay for our mistakes/ The last thing on his mind/ As he left this world 
behind/ Was
                                   D (xx0232@1)               Gknowing (320003@1)someone elses heart would break/   (repeat chorus)