Work Song
Ton : CEnglish
Intro :
Bb Cm (x8)
BBboys workin on empty Cm
IBbs that the kinda way to face the burning heat? Cm
IBb just think about my baby Cm
IBb'm so full of love I could barely eat
TBbhere's nothing sweeter than my baby Cm
IBb never want once from the cherry tree Cm
CBbause my baby's sweet as can be Cm
SBbhe give me toothaches just from kissin me
Gm When my Ftime comes around
Bb Lay me gently in the cold dark eCmarth
Gm No grave can hFold my body down
Bb I'll crawl home to her
TBbhat's when my baby found me Cm
IBb was three days on a drunken sin Cm
IBb woke with her walls around me Cm
NBbothin in her room but an empty crib Cm
ABbnd I was burnin up a fever Cm
IBb didn't care much how long I lived Cm
BBbut I swear I thought I dreamed her Cm
SBbhe never asked me once about the wrong I did
Gm When my tFime comes around
Bb Lay me gently in the cold dark eCmarth
Gm No grave can hFold my body down
Bb I'll crawl home to her
(x2)
MBby baby never fret none Cm
ABbbout what my hands and my body done Cm
IBbf the Lord don't forgive me Cm
IBb'd still have my baby and my babe would have me
WBbhen I was kissing on my baby Cm
ABbnd she put her love down soft and sweet Cm
IBbn the lowland plot I was free Cm
HBbeaven and hell were words to me
Gm When my tFime comes around
Bb Lay me gently in the cold dark eCmarth
Gm No grave can hFold my body down
Bb I'll crawl home to her
(x2)
Bb Cm (x4)