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