A traditional country cry in your beer song...
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Story behind the song
The past....
Lyrics
The Last Great American Cheatin' Song 2/01/2006 Wade Farlowe
*G C D G
Early that mornin', when I saw you with him
Em A2 D
I knew my whole world had gone away
G C D G
On the night before, the stars hid from the sky
Em A2 D
I searched the whole night till night was day
G C D G
And now here we are, facing what's going on
Em A2 D
The Last Great American Cheatin' Song
Am C G D
Why couldn't you have trusted too?
Am C G D
There was room for more mistakes tomorrow
Am C G D
Why didn't we take time to see?
Am C G D
Love was not what you buy, beg, steal or borrow
Break - Am C G D (Repeat twice)
G C D G
Later while talkin', when the words had grown cold
Em A2 D
You wrote off our life like an epitaph
G C D G
In those conversations, I had to ask you why
Em A2 D
The you, I found wasn't in our photographs
G C D G
The you I adored, pacing lies for so long
Em A2 D
In the Last Great American Cheatin' Song
Am C G D
Why couldn't you have listened too?
Am C G D
There was time to solve the past in our way
Am C G D
How could you be, mistakenly seen
Am C G D
Lacking faith enough for another day?
Break - Am C G D (Repeat twice)
G C D G
Throughout that evening, you said to find someone
Em A2 D
Words you told me, you thought I should hear
G C D G
But you didn't want me with the wrong kind of girl
Em A2 D
Turns out, that's the you, I'd known all those years
G C D G
Now thanks go to you, living proof what's gone wrong
Em A2 D
In the Last Great American Cheatin' Song
Am C G D
Why couldn't you have loved me too?
Am C G D
There was hope for many more tomorrows
Am C G D
Why didn't I see the reasons why?
Am C G D
The one mistake now giving all this sorrow
Break - Am C G D (repeats through to fade out ending on Am A2 Am)
* Song intro G C G C G C D