Written by Waylon Jennings
INTRO: D D G A D I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stew G A D When a stranger walked in, stood there beside me, and plopped down there like a fool G A D He started drinkin' then he started talkin' 'bout things that were wrong in his life G D A D The more that I heard, the more I believed, the thing that was wrong was his wife D G A D He said you talk about beauty, when we first met she was all that a man could desire G A D Talk about love, one night with her would set your very soul afire G A D But love's little flame is out of control, 'bout 3 feet high from behind G D A D Since we've been married I've come to believe that love is of the dumb and the blind, no offense D G A D You talk about ugly, when she gets mad, she goes from Jekyll to Hyde G A D She grits her teeth, then her eyes roll back, pivot from side to side G A D She completely rewrites the whole English language, 4-letter, descriptive and loud G D A D Now I can't out-think her, but I can sure out-drink her, and that's what I'm doin' here now G D 'Cause I've spent 7 years with the wrong woman G D Seven and goin' on eight G D She spent 7 years naggin' and eatin' A I'm over-wrought and she's overweight G D If I try leavin' she has me arrested G D Takes her own sweet time gettin' me out G D If she ain't number 1, she's in the top 2 A D Of the things I could live without G D Men commit murder and all kinds of mayhem G D In a few years they're back on the street G D Highway robbery and white collar crime A And they laugh at the system they reap G D Sometimes I'm tempted, sometimes I'm ashamed G D Of the things the law will allow G D I coulda killed her when I first met her A D And I'd a been out of jail by now