Key: E
Introduction:
Em D
I was wondering could you tell me a couple of things
C D Em
If you?re not too busy this morning
Em D
I was wondering could you tell me why the whippoorwill sings
C D Em
?fore the sun breaks the sky in the morning
Em D
Could you tell me why you left me so long ago
C D Em
Why you left me that day without warning
Em D
If you answer correctly I just might let you go
C D Em
If not then I guess they?ll be mourning
Em D
Where?s that handsome young man to whom you gave your sweet hand
C D Em
Your young knight in his shiny bright armor
Em D
He was a dandy young puff but when the going got rough
C D Em
He did not last more than one short half hour
D C
He said take her and spare him And I thought how dare him
C D Em
I gutted him like a dead chicken
Em D
You fell for that fraud ?cause your judgement is flawed
C D Em
Guess you always knew how to pick 'em
Em D
Don?t look so shocked at the one who you mocked
C D Em
It?s not so long ago you?ve forgotten
Em D
You can rest now ensured that my love will endure
C D Em
Long after your carcass is rotten
Em D
I was wondering if you could tell me a couple of things
C D Em
I don?t think you?re too busy this morning