The Cold Hard Facts Of Life
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
From the album "The Cold Hard Facts Of Life" (1967)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/Ko0vugQ3bv0
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[Intro]
| C | G7 | C | C |
[Verse 1]
C C
I got back in town a day before I'd planned to
G7 C C7
I smiled and said I'll sure surprise my wife
F C
I don't think I'll phone, I'll just head on home
C G7 C
For I didn't know the cold hard facts of life
[Verse 2]
C C
I passed a little wine store on the corner
G7 C C7
I pictured pink champagne by candlelight
F C
I stopped the car right then got out and hurried in
C G7 C C7
My mind not on the cold hard facts of life
[Verse 3]
F C
A stranger stood there laughing by the counter
G7 C C7
He said "I'll take two bottles of your best
F C
Her husband's out of town and there's a party"
C G7
He winkled as if to say "You know the rest"
[Verse 4]
C C
I left the store two steps behind the stranger
G7 C C7
From there to my house his car stayed in sight
F C
But it wasn't till he turned into my drive that I learned
C G7 C C7
I was witnessing the cold hard facts of life
[Verse 5]
F C
I drove around the block till I was dizzy
G7 C C7
Each time the noise came louder from within
F C
And then I saw our bottle there beside me
C G7
And I drank a fifth of courage and walked in
[Verse 6]
C C
Lord you should've seen their frantic faces
G7 C C7
They screamed and cried please put away that knife
F C
I guess I'll go to hell or I'll rot here in the cell
C G7 C
But who taught who the cold hard facts of life
C G7 C
Who taught who the cold hard facts of life
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