Key: C major•
Verse 1
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G
Am
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Am
C
Am
When I get off of this mountain,
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F
you know where I want to go?
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F
Straight down the Mississippi river,
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G
To Lake Charles, Louisiana,
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F
little Bessie, girl that I once knew
Cm
C
F
She told me just to come on by,
Verse 2
Am
Bb
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Verse 3
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F
She bet on one horse to win and
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G
The odds were in my favor,
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I had 'em five to one
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F
When that nag to win came around the track,
Verse 4
she defends me
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Bb
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
C
Verse 5
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I took up all of my winnings,
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F#dim
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and I gave my little Bessie half
just for a laugh
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G
Now there's one thing in the whole wide world,
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That's when that little love of mine,
Verse 6
she defends me
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Bb
A drunkard's dream if I ever
Verse 7
did see one
Bb
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She said, "I can't take the way he sings,
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F
but I love to hear him talk"
my Bessie can't be beat
Verse 8
a and up north it's freezing cold
is getting pretty old
So I guess I'll call up my big
I'm kind of tempted
Verse 9
Am
Bb
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
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