Standard (EADGBE)

Chorus

Oh, love, oh, love, careless love.

Oh, love, love, oh, careless love.

Oh, love, oh, love, oh, careless love.

Don't you see, what careless loves has done.

And it cause' you to leave your used to home.

And it cause' you to leave, cause' you to moan.

And it cause' you to leave and caused you to moan.

And it caused you have to leave your happy home.

(Repeat Chorus)

Now it's Lord have mercy on poor me.

And it's Lord have mercy on poor me.

And it's Lord have mercy mmmm poor me.

It's nothin' but troublin' in the world I see.

Now all my money you could spend.

Says all, my money that you could spend.

Now it's all my money that you could spend.

Even past my door and you wouldn't look in.