Key: G major•
Verse 1
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C
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Mrs. Jones, Mr s. Jones
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Her real first name was Betty
But I'd rather just forget it
We were married in September
And it lasted till November,
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when one day she just took off on her own.
I followed her to Savannah,
then Mobile,
and then Atlanta.
Every day I begged her,
Pretty soon I started drinkin'
Tryin' hard to keep from thinkin'
It was cold and dark one mornin'
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G
Just before the day was dawnin'
When I staggered from a
tavern to a phone
When she picked up her receiver
I said you're gonna come back
or either they're gonna be calling you
the late Mrs. Jones.
I put a pistol in my jacket
I remember walking proudly
and everybody said that I yelled out loudly come
on out I'm gonna come in, Mrs. Jones.
was walking through the forest,
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looking for a place to hide her bones.
I dug and dug for hours,
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D
and then I planted flowers right on top
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Eb
of the first Mrs. Jones.
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I can see, cause I'm so near you.
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Little beads of perspiration
Aren't you sorry now that you left me?
Really now, don't you want
to come go with me?
After all, you are the second Mrs. Jones.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C D Am Eb...
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