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Kris Kristofferson – The Wild Side Of Life Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsA E D A7

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[Intro]
A E A   A



[Verse 1]
    A
You wouldn't
 read
   A
my letter if
  D          D
I wrote you,
    E
you asked me not
   E
to call
 you on the
A       A
phone.
But there's
A
something
    A
I'm wanting
   D        D
to tell you,
      E
so, I wrote it
 in the
E
words of this
A       A
song.



[Chorus]
         A
I didn't know
God made
A
Honky Tonk
D      D
angels,
  E
I might have
known
you'd
E
never make a
A       A
wife.
         A
You gave up
the only
A
one that ever
D        D
loved you
         E
and went back
to the
E
wild side of
A       A
life.

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[Interlude]
A  A  D  D
E  E  A  A
A  A  D  D
E  E  A  A

[Verse 2]
          A
Well, the glamor
 of the
A
gay nightlife
    D          D
has lured you
       E
to the places
where the
E
wine and liquor
A       A
flow,
          A
where you wait
 to be
A         D    D
anybody's baby
       E
and forget the
 truest
E
love you'll
     A       A
ever know.

[End-Chorus]
         A
I didn't know
 God
     A
made Honky
     D      D
Tonk angels,
  E
I might have
known you'd
E
never make a
A    A
wife.
         A
You gave up
the only
A
one that ever
D        D
loved you
         E
and went back
to the
E
wild side of
A       A
life,
         E
and went back to
     E
 the wild side of
A   D   A E A  (A7)
life.

How to play The Wild Side Of Life: key, chords and progression

The Wild Side Of Life by Kris Kristofferson is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 4 chords: A, E, D and A7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – A – D – E (V – I – IV – V in A major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.