Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
morning about half past four
My gal was standing in the bedroom door
I didn't know hardly what to say or do
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She had a pocket knife and a pistol too
I just walked the floor and smoked my pipe
I said, I can't go to bed,
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the sign ain't right
I tried to be a man and hold my own
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Girl, when you was sick, I stayed at home
I washed your feet every day in a week
I wanted you to sleep on
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clean white sheets
You were sick as any woman
I've ever seen
You was having trouble in
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all your dreams
One night you had some hard nightmares
I washed your face and I
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combed your hair
You were so sick, I didn't know what to do
Gm
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the undertaker too
The doctor came, but he didn't stay
He looked in your face and
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he walked away
The undertaker came a little late that night
He said, stick tight,
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Gm
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the sign ain't right
Through all life's rain
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and life's storm and hail,
I stayed by your bedside
and didn't fail.
Walked through all life's slippery streets,
my feet got wet with life's
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snow and sleet.
Most times alone was just me and you
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My head got wet with flies, midnight dew
I stayed by your bedside
and smoked my pipe
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I can't go to bed, the sign ain't right
I love that gal because she
was so kind to me
Long time ago the gal paid my fine
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I was so glad when the gal got well
A loving kind that she
could hear me tell
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She'd pull off my clothes
and she'd wash my feet
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Put me in the bed and hold my head
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Leave me in the bathroom
and wash my face
And make me coffee just to
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soothe my taste
One night she said,
you've been out doing something against my will
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moonshine from the still
Now I've made you tight
and it's late at night
Please go to bed,
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the sign ain't right
Your breath is just smelling like a whiskey still
If the cops don't get you,
Gm
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but I'll come back soon
Some jitterbug made me dust my room
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I looked on the pillar and got my gun
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Gm
I went back out, I had a little fun
I made one shot, it was late that night
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One jillbug said the sign ain't right
That four -five hit him,
he's spinning round and round
He tried to stand up,
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but he had to go down
Oh yes, I saw him when he dropped
I was lookin' in his face
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Gm
when he blowed his top
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I'm goin' on home and smoke my pipe
I can't go to bed, the sign ain't right
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When they had my trial,
I knowed where I was found
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I saw the clay off the coat
when he throwed it down
I've been there once, and I've done ten
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I believe I've got to go back again
I told Lucille if I have to go
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I'd do just like I've done before
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I'll walk the floor and smoke my pipe
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G Gm
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