Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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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

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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