Porter Wagoner - Cold hard facts of life

^CI got back in town a ^G7day before I'd ^Cplanned to I ^G7smiled and said I'll sure surprise my ^Cwife

^FI don't think I'll call ^CI'll just get on home For I didn't know the ^G7cold hard facts of ^Clife

I passed a little ^G7wine store on the ^Ccorner I ^G7pictured pink champagne by candle ^Clight

I ^Fstopped the car right then got ^Cout and hurried in My mind not on the ^G7cold hard facts of ^Clife

A ^Fstranger stood there laughing at the ^Ccounter He ^G7said I'll have two bottles of your ^Cbest

Her ^Fhusband's out of town and there's a ^Cparty He winked as if to say you know the ^G7rest

I ^Cleft the store two ^G7steps behind the ^Cstranger From ^G7there to my house his car stayed in ^Csight

It ^Fwasn't till he turned ^Cinto my drive that I learned I was witnessing the ^G7cold hard facts of ^Clife

I ^Fdrove around the block till I was ^Cdizzy Each ^G7time the noise came louder from with^Cin

And ^Fthen I saw our bottle there be^Cside me I drank a fifth of courage and walked ^G7in

^CLord you should have ^G7seen their frantic ^Cfaces They ^G7screamed and cried please put away that ^Cknife

I ^Fthink I'll go to hell or ^CI'll rot here in this cell But who taught who the ^G7cold hard facts of ^Clife

But who taught who the ^G7cold hard facts of ^Clife