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