(Bb)(Mm.)

(Bb)(Mm.)

Boys, Boys, work when ing my on ba by emp found ty, me,

is (Bb)that the kind of way to face the burn ing heat?

I just think a bout my ba by,

I’m (Bb)so noth ing full in of her love room I but could an bare emp ly ty eat.

There’s noth ing swee ter than my ba by,

I’d (Bb)nev er want once from the cher ry tree,

’cause but my I swear ba I by’s thought I sweet dreamed as her, can (Cm)be, she’d she (Bb)give nev me er tooth asked me aches once a just bout from the kis wrong sing I me.

did.

When my time comes a round, lay me gent ly in the cold, dark (Cm)earth,

no grave can (Bb)hold my bod y down, I’ll crawl home to her.

Boys, Boys, work when ing my on ba by emp found ty, me,

is (Bb)I was three of days to on a drunk en sin,

I woke with her walls a round me,

I’m (Bb)so noth ing full in of her love room I but could an bare emp ly ty crib.

And I was burn ing up a fe ver,

I (Bb)did n’t care much how the long I lived,

’cause but my I swear ba I by’s thought I sweet dreamed as her, can (Cm)be, she’d she (Bb)give nev me er tooth asked me aches once a just bout from the kis wrong sing I me.

did.

When my time comes a round, lay me gent ly in the cold, dark (Cm)earth,

no grave can (Bb)hold my bod y down, I’ll crawl home to her.

When my time comes a round, lay me gent ly in the cold, dark (Cm)earth,

no grave can (Bb)hold my bod y down, I’ll crawl home to her.

My babe would nev er fret none,

a (Bb)bout what my hands and my bod y done,

if the Lord don’t for give me,

I’d (Bb)still have my (CN.C.)ba by and my babe would have me.

When I was kis sing on my ba by, and (Bb)she’d put her love down soft and sweet,

in the low lamp light I was free, (CN.C.)Heav en and Hell were words to me.