Good Intentions

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D           D7                   
Mama always prayed that I'd be a 
G               D
better man than daddy
                 D7             A
and I determined not to let her down
D               D7                
Deserted by the man she loved and 
G                  D
left to raise four children
                  A7           
we were the local gossip of the 
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town.


  D                 D7            
I promised her that I'd live right
     G               D
 and not be like the others
                  D7               
but I wound up in jail on Chrismas 
A
day
  D               D7              
I told her I'd be home and not to 
G              D
worry 'bout my brothers
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                   A7             
when I got home my mom had passed 
D
away



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    D      D7       G            
And I hear tell the road to hell 
   D
is paved with good intentions
    D7                          A
and mama my intentions were the best
D             D7     G           
There's lotsa things in my life I 
 D
just as soon not mention
D7                                
Looks like I've turned out like 
      A
all the rest
    G         A7                D
But mama my intentions were the best
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  D               D7          
A little boy with big blue eyes 
    G             D
a-beggin' to go fishing
                   D7             
I promised him but never took the 
A
time
    D                 D7          
Now they won't let me see him and 
G            D
I sit here a-wishing
                A7               D
Wishin' I could hold him one more 
time

(repeat chorus)

    G         A7                D
But mama my intentions were the best