Randy Travis - Reasons I Cheat

reasons i cheat
by randy travis

intro : F F#dim 7 C G/D C/E F C/G C

C G/B Am Am/G
a working day to long when everything goes wrong

F G C
and a boss who don’t know i’m alive

G G/B Am Am/G D
i once had a notion i’d get that promotion , but now i barley survive

C G/B Am Am/G
a wife to demanding with no understanding

F E7
of why i stay dead on my feet

F G7 C C/D C7 F

a dimly lit tavern a willing young woman

C/G G7 C
are some of the reasons i cheat

C G/B Am Am/G
the hair that i’m losing and a women who’s choosing

F G C
to lay sound asleep by my side

G C G/B Am Am/G
the bills they are mounting thats when i start counting

D G
on someone to help sooth my pride

C G/B Am Am/G F
a lady that knows me affection she shows me and a smile so easy and sweet

F G7 C C/D C7 F
the dreams that i’ve buried the load that i’ve carried

C/G G7 C
are some of the reasons i cheat

E F
my children keep on growing me age keeps on showing

E F
like all of my old friends i meet

F#dim7 C F C/E F
so i’m getting older my life’s growing colder

C/G G7 C
just some of the reasons i cheat

C7 F F#dim7 C F
yes i’m getting older my life’s growing colder

C/G G7 C
just some of the reasons i cheat