Key: E major
Verse 1
D
E
G
D
E
D
Getting tired of sleeping
if it had not been for Nell
G
D
Lay awake at night and
G
D
just can't eat a bite
Used to be my rider
Verse 2
But she just won't treat me right
D
Got a red-eyed captain
captain
G
D
And a squabbling boss
Got a mad dog sergeant,
honey, and he won't knock off
Verse 3
D
G
I'm getting tired of sleeping in this
lowdown lonesome cell
here if it had not been for Nell
I asked the government to knock
G
D
some days off my time
Well, the way I'm treated,
I'm about to lose my mind
I wrote to the governor,
Verse 4
know it ain't no use
D
I'm getting tired of sleeping in
if it had not been for Nell
Walking across my floor,
Lordy, how I moan
Lord, I wouldn't have been
D
I'm
Verse 5
D
A
D
in this lowdown lonesome cell
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD E G F A
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