Key: G
Introduction:
G7 C7
Yes I've had my fun
G7
If I don't get well no more
C7 G7
Yes I've had my fun, baby
G7 D7
If I don't get well no more
D7 C7
You see I have this pain in me
C7 G7 C7 G7 D7
An' I'm goin' down slow
G7 C7
Won't somebody write my mother
C7 G7 C7 G7
Tell her the shape I'm in
C7 G7
Please write my mother
G7 C7
Tell her the shape I'm in
D7 C7
Tell her to pray for me
C7 G7 C7 G7 D7
Tell her to forgive my sin
G7 C7
Tell her don't send no doctor
C7 G7 C7 G7
Yes a doctor can do me no good
G7 C7
Yes no doctor mama
C7 G7
Doctor can do me no good
D7 C7
But you see through all of my trials
C7 G7 C7 G7 D7
I never did all the things I could
G7 C7
On the next train south
C7 G7 C7 G7
Baby you can look for my...
C7 G7
On the next train south
G7 D7
Mama, you can look for...
D7 C7
Yes now if you see my baby baby
G7 C7 G7 D7 G7
Yes you know I'm dead and gone