Tom: G
Introdução:
D
Way out there in the cotton
Am D
Sun beatin' down so hard
D
Sweat rollin' of this shovel
Am D
Diggin' in the devil's boneyard
G
Sure like a cool drink of water
Bb
Soft rag to soothe my face
D Am D
Sure like a woman to talk to in this place
D
It's a hundred and ten
G D
Hundred and ten in the shade
D
Goin' way down
Am D
Mama won't you carry me
D
Handle so hot I can't stand it
Am D
Might shrivel up and blow away
D
Noonday sun make you crazy
Am D
Least, that's what the old men say
G
Bottom land hard as a gravestone
Bb
Couldn't cut it with an axe
D Am
Gonna lay me down right here
D
And that's a fact
D
It's a hundred and ten
G D
Hundred and ten in the shade
D
Goin' way down
Am D
Mama won't you carry me
D
Sometimes late in the evenin'
Am D
Everything is quiet and still
D
I set here and think about leavin'
Am D
Lord, I guess I never will
G
Heartache down in that city
Bb
Bright light scares me anyway
D Am D
Sure like a woman to talk in this place
D
It's a hundred and ten
G D
Hundred and ten in the shade
D
Goin' way down
Am D
Mama won't you carry me