Wife Beater
By Drive-By Truckers
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
rmofle at satx.rr.com
5/22/04


    D                              A
You met him at the dance hall, you only saw his charms
    G                                D
You said he really swept you off your feet
D                                A
Then one night he’s drinking and jealousy enraged
   G                             D
He knocked out two of your front teeth


D                   A
So you came over to hide out at my place
  G                                       D
I guess I should have killed him there and then
D                        A
but you begged me not to now you say he’s changed
G                           D
and you’re gonna go back to him


      D                       A
Don’t give me that bull about how it’s for the children
  G                              D
A man like that could never be a dad
     D                          A
What happens when he kills you, what will they do then?
G                      D
Sometimes you ought to ask yourself that


Chorus:
         G                  D
Don’t go back to him he’s a wife beater
A                               D   
You’d be better off with this potato eater
   G                        D    Bm  
He says he’s changed, don’t be a fool
  D                  A        D
A man like that’s no good for you
  D                  A        D 
A man like that’s no good for you


Chorus