Key: G major
Verse 1
I could hardly play my hand
Thinkin' about the woman I love,
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run away with another man
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Run away with another man,
poor boy, run away with another man
Thinkin' about the woman I love
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Run away with another man
I bought her everything she needs
I dressed her up so fine
She caused me to work
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just 40 long years, I still got 99
I still got 99, poor boy, I still got 99
She caused me to work
just 40 long years,
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I still got 99
They took me down to the old jailhouse,
the door they slammed on me.
Said, if you'll report that moonshine still,
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I'll see that you go free.
I'll see that you go free,
poor boy, I'll see that you go free.
Said, if you'll report that moonshine still,
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I'll see that you go free
I told my age was 21,
the truth I told that time
Before I report that moonshine still,
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I'll go and serve my time
I'll go and serve my time, poor boy,
I'll go and serve my time
Before I report that moonshine still,
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I'll go and serve my time
They took me down to the old depot
Just to watch the trains roll by
I looked in the window,
saw the woman I love
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Hung down my head and cried
Hung down my head and cried, poor boy
Hung down my head and cried
I looked in the window,
saw the woman I love,
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hung down my head and cried.
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ChordsG D C
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