Key: D
Introduction:
D A D
I'm a going to leave this country, I'm a going around this world,
G D A D A D
I'm a going to leave this country for the sake of one little girl.
D A D
Well, she told me that she loved me and it gives my poor heart ease,
G D
when she's got her back turned on me
A D A D
she's courting whoever she please.
D A D
Well, I lost my money in gambling, and I lost my name, you see,
G D A D A D
I am nobody's darling and nobody cares for me.
D A D
Don't you hear my banjo ringing, don't you hear this mournful sound,
G D
don't you hear those pretty girls laughing,
A D A D
standing on the cold cold ground.
D A D
I'll hang my head in sorrow, I'll hang my head and cry,
G D A D A D
I'll hang my head in sorrow as my darling passes by.
D A D
Well, I ain't going to work tomorrow, and I may not work next day
G D A D A D
I ain't going to work tomorrow for it'll be a wet, rainy day.