--Don?t tell mama-- Gary Allan F F I was headed north on Highway Five Bb On a star-lit Sunday night C C7 When a pick-up truck flew by me F out of control F F7 As I watched in my headlights Bb He swerved left then back right C C7 He never hit the brakes F As he left the road F F7 I found him lying in the grass Bb Among the steel and glass C C7 With an empty whiskey bottle F by his side F F7 And through the blood and tears Bb He whispered in my ear C C7 A few last words F just before he died F F7 Bb Don't tell Mama I was drinkin' F C C7 Lord knows her soul would never rest F F7 Bb I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin' C C7 F I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath CF F I still think about that night Bb And how that young man died C C7 And how others sometimes pay F for our mistakes F F7 The last thing on his mind Bb As he left this world behind C C7 Was knowing someone else's F heart would break F F7 Bb Don't tell Mama I was drinkin' F C C7 Lord knows her soul would never rest F F7 Bb I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin' C C7 F I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath F F7 Bb Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'