No Capo Standard tuning 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