D                            G          
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
    A7                              D       
You asked me not to call you on the phone
            D                        G         
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
     A7                            D      
So I wrote it in the words of this song

[Chorus]  
         D                        G       
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
  A7                                  D     
I might have known you'd never make a wife
         D                         G          
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
         A7                       D      
And went back to the wild side of life

[Instrumental] D    G    A7   D
                                     
[Verse 2]
    D                                G          
The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
       A7                               D       
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
          D                   G     
There you wait to be anybodys baby
       A7                            D      
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
  
[Chorus]  
         D                        G       
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
  A7                                  D     
I might have known you'd never make a wife
         D                         G          
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
         A7                       D      
And went back to the wild side of life