GREG–I GOT THIS SONG OFF THE RADIO (THE EDDIE STUBBS SHOW) ON PBS
STATION 88.5 IN WASHINGTON, DC. THE KEY IS MY OWN NOT THE RECORD’S.
I HOPE THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOUR TERMS AS I HAVE MORE TO SEND. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR SITE AND LOOK FORWARD TO EACH NEW COWPIE EDITION.
THANKS–DAN TUITE, TUITEE@EROLS.COM

YESTERDAY’S GIRL–HANK THOMPSON

YOU TOLD HER LIES AS HER STARRY EYES LOOKED UP IN ADMIRATION
YOU PAINTED SCENES AND LOVELY DREAMS WITH ALL YOUR TEMPTATION
YOU SPOKE OF THINGS LIKE WEDDING RINGS AND PROMISED HER THE WORLD
FOR NO CAUSE AT ALL YOU LET HER FALL,
AND NOW SHES YESTERDAY’S GIRL

YOU THINK ITS SMART TO LURE THE HEART,
OF A GIRL WHOSE LIPS YOU KISS
IS IT JUST A GAME TO ADD HER NAME TO YOUR BROKEN HEARTED LIST

YOU’VE LOVED SOME LONG, YOU’VE LOVED SOME WRONG
YOU PROMISED EACH THE WORLD
EACH CAME TO BE JUST A MEMORY AND ANOTHER YESTERDAY’S GIRL

DON’T YOU SOMETIMES FEEL THAT LOVE IS REAL,
THE GREATEST THING IN LIFE
NOT ONE ROMANCE YOU GAVE THE CHANCE TO BE YOUR CHERISHED WIFE
YOU CHEAT AND LIE YOU MAKE THEM CRY AND PROMISE EACH THE WORLD
AND ONE BY ONE THEY EACH BECOME ANOTHER YESTERDAY’S GIRL

WHEN AUTUMN FALLS AND YOU RECALL, THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THEN YOU’LL PAUSE AND SEE YOU CAUSED THE GRIEF THATS DEEP WITHIN
WHEN YOUR OLD AND LOVE GROWS COLD, I BET YOU’D GIVE THE WORLD
TO JUST RELIVE TO TAKE AND GIVE, THE LOVE OF A YESTERDAY’S GIRL

Status:

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

chorus
I didn’t know god made honky tonk angels,
I might have known you’d never make a wife.
You gave up the only one that ever loved you,
and went back to the wild side of life.

The glamour of the gay night life had lured you,
to the places where the wine and liquor flow.
Where you’re waiting to be anybody’s baby,
and give up the only love you’ll ever know

repeat chorus… last 2 lines twice… (I like too go up on last time
like this)
You gave up the only one that ever loved you,
and went back to the wild side of life.

I play my A7 as a normal A and hold the high E string at the 3rd fret.