Key: A
Introduction:
A A7 C#7 D7
Then I went down by that freight depot
A E7 A
And that freight train he come rollin' by
E A
Lord and I sure ain't got no lovin' baby now
E A
And I sure ain't got no lovin' baby now
A A7 C#7 D7
Then I went off in that far distant land
A E7 A
I wasn't there long before I got a telegram (What did it say?)
E A
Sayin' now man won't you please come home
E A
Now man won't you please come home
A A7 C#7 D7
Then I went back home, I looked on the bed
A E7 A
And that best old friend I had was dead
E A
Lord, and I ain't got no lovin' baby now
E A
And I ain't got no lovin' baby now
A A7 C#7 D7
And I'm sorry, sorry, sorry to my heart
A E7 A
But that best old friend someday must part
E A
Lord I ain't got no lovin' baby now
E A
And I ain't got no lovin' baby now. (Play it for me now)
Instrumental
A A7 C#7 D7
Now as sure as the birds range in the sky above
A E7 A
Life ain't worth livin' if you ain't with the one you love
E A
Lord and I ain't got no lovin' baby now
E A
Lord I ain't got no lover now
A A7 C#7 D7
If I'd knowed you didn't love me and didn't want me too
A E7 A
I would've take morphine and died
E A
Lord I ain't got no lovin' baby now
E A E7A
And I ain't got no lovin' baby now