| C    G/B   | Am Am/G D/F# G | F         | G  C/E  G7     |


[Verse]

         C  C/B      Am   Am/G   F          C       G
I found comfort and courage and bottles of whiskey
  Am     Am/G    F               D/F#            G
I swear to you friend that that life is some risky
       C      C/B  Am    Am/G   F                C
I have backed away quickly from those that would burn me
    Am       Am/G   F        D/F#             G
And stopped up my ears that no one should learn me


[Chorus] 

        F G    C
But the lady beside me
       F   G      C
is the one I have chosen
   Dm     Dm/C    G
to walk through life
       F    G        C
like a coat from the cold

| (C)    G/B   | Am Am/G D/F# G | F         | G  C/E  G7     |

[Verse]

        C    C/B    Am   Am/G   F              C       G
I have flown like a bird from every cage that confined me
  Am     Am/G      F           D/F#        G
and broken every one of the ties that bind me
       C      C/B  Am    Am/G   F                C
I have danced me around some sad ol' sad ol situations
    Am   Am/G   F        D/F#             G
and taken my share of those sweet invitations

[Chorus] 

        F G    C
But the lady beside me
       F   G      C
is the one I have chosen
   Dm     Dm/C    G
to walk through life
       F    G        C    
like a coat from the cold

| (C)  G/B   | Am Am/G D/F# G | 

   Dm     Dm/C    G
to walk through life
       F    G        C  
like a coat from the cold