Chords
[Intro]
Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Cm
Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Cm
Bb Cm
[Verse 1]
Bb Boys workin' on empty Cm
Is Bbthat the kind'a way to face the burning heat? Cm
Bb I just think about my baby Cm
I'm Bbso full of love I could barely eat Cm
Bb There's nothing sweeter than my baby Cm
I'd Bbnever want once from the cherry tree Cm
Bb 'Cause my baby's sweet as can Cmbe
She Bbgive me toothaches just from kissin' me
[Chorus]
Gm When myF time comes around Bb
Lay me gently in the cold dark Cmearth
Gm No grave can Fhold my body down
Bb I'll crawl home to her
[Verse 2]
Bb Boys when my baby found me Cm
BbI was three days on a drunken sin Cm
Bb I woke with her walls around me Cm
BbNothin' in her room but an empty crib Cm
Bb And I was burnin' up a fever Cm
I Bbdidn't care much how long I lived Cm
Bb But I swear I thought I dreamed her Cm
She Bbnever asked me once about the wrong I did
[Chorus]
Gm When myF time comes around Bb
Lay me gently in the cold dark Cmearth
Gm No grave can Fhold my body down
Bb I'll crawl home to her
Gm When myF time comes around Bb
Lay me gently in the cold dark Cmearth
Gm No grave can Fhold my body down
Bb I'll crawl home to her
[Verse 3]
Bb My baby never fret none Cm
ABbbout what my hands and my body done Cm
Bb If the lord don't forgive me Cm
I'd Bbstill have my baby and my babe would have me Cm
Bb When I was kissing on my baby Cm
And Bbshe put her love down soft and sweet Cm
Bb In the low lamp light I was Cmfree
HeaBbven and hell were words to me
[Chorus]
Gm When myF time comes around Bb
Lay me gently in the cold dark Cmearth
Gm No grave can Fhold my body down
Bb I'll crawl home to her
Gm When myF time comes around Bb
Lay me gently in the cold dark Cmearth
Gm No grave can Fhold my body down
Bb I'll crawl home to her
[Outro]
Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Cm
Bb
