D                   (D7)              G
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
 A7                                 D
You asked me not to call you on the phone
                             (D7)          G
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
     A7                              D
So I wrote it in the words of this  song.

[Chorus]
                    (D7)             G
I Didn't know God made honky tonk angels
 A7                                   D
I might have known you'd never make a wife
                       D7               G
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
          A7                       D
And went back to the wild side of life.

D                   (D7)              G
The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
 A7                                 D
To the places where the wine and liquor flows
                (D7)          G
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
           A7                       D
And forget the truest love you'll ever know.



[Chorus]
                (D7)             G
I Didn't know God made honky tonk angels
 A7                                   D
I might have known you'd never make a wife
                       D7               G
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
          A7                       D
And went back to the wild side of life.


D                   (D7)              G
It hurt me to know that you don't love me,
A7                                 D
Though I know our love's forever gone,
                 (D7)                G
And it killed my soul and pride dear inside me,
                 A7                       D
When I saw you in that stranger's arms so long.

[Chorus]
                (D7)             G
I Didn't know God made honky tonk angels
 A7                                   D
I might have known you'd never make a wife
                       D7               G
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
          A7                       D
And went back to the wild side of life.


D                   (D7)              G
I'll just live my life alone with mem-ries of you,
A7                                   D
And dream of kisses you traded for my tears,
                  (D7)          G
And no one will ever know how much I loved you,
   A7                                      D
And I pray that you'll be happy through the years.

[Chorus]
                (D7)             G
I Didn't know God made honky tonk angels
 A7                                   D
I might have known you'd never make a wife
                       D7               G
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
          A7                       D
And went back to the wild side of life.