Key: G
Introduction: G C D Em C D G
G C
baby's gone and i don't know why
D Em
she headed out this morning
C
like a rusty shot in a hollow sky
D G
she left me without warning
G C
sooner than the dogs could bark
D Em
faster than the sun rose
C
down to the banks in an old mule cart
D G
she took a flat boat 'cross the shallows
C
left me in my tears to drown
D Em
she left a baby daughter
C
now the river's wide and deep and brown
D G
she's crossing muddy waters
G C
tobacco standing in the fields
D Em
be rotten come november
C
and a bitter heart will not reveal
D G
a spring that love remembers
when that sweet brown girl of mine
C
left me in my tears to drown
D Em
she left a baby daughter
C
now the river's wide and deep and brown
D G
she's crossing muddy waters
baby's crying and the daylight's gone
C
left me in my tears to drown
D Em
she left a baby daughter
C
now the river's wide and deep and brown
D G
she's crossing muddy waters
C
now the river's wide and deep and brown
D G
she's crossing muddy waters