Written by Webb Pierce, Linda Shirley, and Kitty Wells 
	Recorded by Kitty Wells submitted by Frank May Ê 

I Heard the Jukebox Playing

 

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(G)You said  that you d be happy 

 

With a baby on your knee

 

(C) But here I sit with him (G)in my arms 

 

(A7)And you re slipping around on me

 

(D)You thought you were  (G)being wise 

 

(C)When you called me on the  phone

 

And you said that you had  (G)been delayed

 

(D)But you d soon be coming  (G)home

 

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(C)I knew that you d been  cheatingÊÊÊÊÊ  

 

Cause you stayed away so  (G)long

 

(C)And I heard the jukebox  (G)playing 

 

(D)When you called me (G)on  the phone

 

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(G)Now it couldn t have been  the radio

 

(C)Cause it had that honky  tonk sound

 

And the same old song kept  coming (G)and a going

 

(A7)And the feet kept  shufflin around

 

(D)When I heard the people  (G)laughing

 

(C)I knew there must be  somethin wrong

 

For it was much too late to  (G)be delayed

 

(D)For I could see the break  of (G)dawn

 

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(C)I knew that you d been  cheating 

 

Cause you stayed away so(G)  long

 

(C)And I heard the jukebox  (G)playing 

(D)When  you called me on the(G) phone Ê