Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
(D-------D)
Verse 1
Way out there in the cotton
Sun beatin' down so hard
Sweat rollin' of this shovel
Diggin' in the devil's boneyard
Pre-chorus
Sure like a cool drink of water
Soft rag to soothe my face
Sure like a woman to talk to in this place
Chorus
It's a hundred and ten
Hundred and ten in the shade
Goin' way down
Mama won't you carry me
Verse 2
Handle so hot I can't stand it
Might shrivel up and blow away
Noonday sun make you crazy
Least, that's what the old men say
Pre-chorus
Bottom land hard as a gravestone
Couldn't cut it with an axe
Gonna lay me down right here
And that's a fact
Chorus
It's a hundred and ten
Hundred and ten in the shade
Goin' way down
Mama won't you carry me
Solo
D--D)
Verse 3
Sometimes late in the evenin'
Everything is quiet and still
I set here and think about leavin'
Lord, I guess I never will
Pre-chorus
Heartache down in that city
Bright light scares me anyway
Sure like a woman to talk in this place
Chorus
(Repeat 4x until fade-out)
It's a hundred and ten
Hundred and ten in the shade
Goin' way down
Mama won't you carry me