Key: B major
Verse 1
Ab
Come and gather around me good people
Eb
My life I must reveal
Ab
Tomorrow might have been different
Eb
Ab
And I know how my darling ought to feel
Verse 2
Ab
When I had plenty of money
My friends were all standing around
But when my pocketbook was empty
Not a friend no nearer
Interlude 1
could be found
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Verse 3
Ab
The last time I saw my little woman
Eb
Ab
She had a wine glass in her hand
She was drinking down her troubles
Eb
Ab
With a low down sorry man
Verse 4
Ab
My daddy taught me a plenty
Eb
Ab
My momma she taught me more
If I didn't quit my rowdy ways
Interlude 2
I'd have trouble knocking at my door
Ab
Verse 5
Ab
I wrote my momma a letter
Eb
Ab
I told her I was in jail
She wrote me back in a hurry
Saying honey I'm gonna
Eb
Ab
come and throw your bail
Verse 6
Ab
I'm a laying around in this old jail house
Forty dollars would pay my fine
Corn whiskey done got my body
Eb
Pretty women are troublin'
Ab
my mind
Interlude 3
Ab
Eb
Ab
Verse 7
Ab
Give me cornbread when I'm hungry
Eb
Ab
Corn whiskey when I'm dry
Pretty women may swarming
all around me
Sweet heaven when I die
Verse 8
Ab
Go dig a hole in the meadow
Go dig a hole in the ground
Come gather around me good people
And watch this poor rambler go down
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ChordsAb Eb
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