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Date: 8/14/03; 9:40:35 AM
>From: "Matthew August LeFande, Esq." <matt@lefande.com>
Subject: Wild Side of Life (Honky Tonk Angel) by Freddie Fender

THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE
Freddie Fender

A					   D
You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote them
	E7				A
You asked me not to call you on the phone
A						D
But there's something I've been wanting to tell you
	E7				A
So I wrote it in the words of this song

Chorus:
A					D
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
        E7				A
I might have known you'd never make a wife
A					D
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
	E7			    A
And went back to the wild side of life

(instrumental verse)

(next verse in Spanish if you know it) 
A					D
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you 
	E7				A
to the places where the wine and liquor flow
A					D
Where you wait to be somebody else's baby
	E7				A
And forget the truest love you'll ever know

(chorus)