Standard (EADGBE)

I gave my woman half my money at the general store I said, "Now buy a little

groceries, and don't spend no more." But she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat

And bought some store bought cat food for that mean eyed cat.

When I woke up this mornin' and I turned my head There wasn't a cotton pickin'

thing on her side of the bed I found a little old note where her head belonged It

said, "Dear John, honey, baby, I'm long gone."

When I heard a whistle blowin', and the big wheels a-turnin' I was scared as I

could be I put on my overalls and I headed to town Gonna bring her back with me.

I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her there I told him all about

her pretty eyes and long, blonde hair He spit his tobacco, said, "I'll be dad

blamed...... I b'lieve I did see her leavin' on the east bound train."

I bought a round trip ticket on the east bound train I was broke as I could be But

when I come back, I gotta buy another ticket, gonna bring her back with me.

Well, I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas And I worked up the guts to call

my Mother-In-Law She said, "I'll tell you where she is, if you act right." "She's

workin' four to twelve at Trucker's World tonight."

When I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apron And she grabbed her

goin' home hat ,she bought a ticket with her tips and now we're curled up on the

sofa, me and her and that mean eyed cat

the rest of the song just jams on E