IntroABE.
Verse 1EDear Miss Loretta, I aAin’t ever met ya
But I’m lBonely tonight and I just bEetcha
You might have some wisdom to pAull off that shelf
Your sBongs were all fun ‘til I lived them mysEelfChorusI ain’t a cEoal miner’s daughter
But my grAandmother was
Must be wBhiskey in the water
Must be bEourbon in the blood
I’m a lEong way from Kentucky
But the hAurtin’s the same
Now I kBnow why you sang that wEayVerse 2Oh what eEnded up tough
I stAarted out broken
What eBnded up lost
I started out hEopin’
A lEifetime of pain was thAree minutes long
And yBou weren’t ashamed
When the world sang alEongChorusI ain’t a cEoal miner’s daughter
But my grAandmother was
Must be wBhiskey in the water
Must be bEourbon in the blood
I’m a lEong way from Kentucky
But the hAurtin’s the same
Now I kBnow why you sang that wEayInstrumentalEABEAB.
Verse 3F#mDear Miss Loretta
We bBoth grew up too fast
And I wF#mish you could tell me
How yBou made it lastChorusI ain’t a cEoal miner’s daughter
But I’ve sAung it all my life
I aiBn’t been a widow
But I’ve bEeen an ex-wife
And I heEar your truth
And I fAeel your pF#ain
Now I kBnow why you sang that wEay
Yeah I kBnow why you sang that wEay
