Intro -x8-: Bb Cm Bb Cm Boys workin on empty Bb Cm Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat? Bb Cm I just think about my baby Bb I'm so full of love I could barely eat Bb Cm There's nothing sweeter than my baby Bb Cm I never want once from the cherry tree Bb Cm Cause my baby's sweet as can be Bb She give me toothaches just from kissin me Gm F When, my, time comes around Bb Cm Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm F No grave can hold my body down Bb I'll crawl home to her Bb Cm That's when my baby found me Bb Cm I was three days on a drunken sin Bb Cm I woke with her walls around me Bb Cm Nothin in her room but an empty crib Bb Cm And I was burnin up a fever Bb Cm I didn't care much how long I lived Bb Cm But I swear I thought I dreamed her Bb She never asked me once about the wrong I did Gm F When, my, time comes around Bb Cm Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm F No grave can hold my body down Bb I'll crawl home to her Bb Cm My baby never fret none Bb Cm About what my hands and my body done Bb Cm If the Lord don't forgive me Bb I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me Bb Cm When I was kissing on my baby Bb Cm And she put her love down soft and sweet Bb Cm In the lowland plot I was free Bb Heaven and hell were words to me Gm F When, my, time comes around Bb Cm Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm F No grave can hold my body down Bb I'll crawl home to her Outro -x4-: Bb Cm
Hey, just a tip for if you don’t want to keep scrolling and trying to play and sing all at once (okay maybe I’m the only one with this problem and I’m just posting this for myself), you can just play G, Am, Em, C over and over again and it works for the whole song, including the bridge!
Anyway, never forget that you’re beautiful, and there’s always someone who needs you and is inspired by you, wether you know it or not! Have a sparkling day, you incredible human being.
I love this song so much, as it reminds me of my past, and I just played it for the first time on ukulele, and I screamed so loud while singing, that at the end my jaw hurt, and I was SWEATING.
Thanks for the nice words you just made my day
Transpose -1 is easier !
Thank you
I AGRRE lucylovesheruke
me too! thanx! it saves me so much work
If you play the -1 Version change all C’s to F’s, it makes it sound so much nicer!
I recommend -1 and make the song your own change
The cords a little and the pitches
Me playing this of the 4th of July 2023 😁
+4 is easier for me 🙂