(intro)  G F C G

        G                           C            G
And my belly is craving, I got a shakin' in my head,
                                       D  D7
feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead.
      G7                                     D
If I lived till tomorrow that'll be a long time,
         G             F         C        G
but I'll reel and I'll fall and rise on codine,
          G               C             G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

          G                        C             G
Well, when I was a young girl I learned not to care,
                                       D   D7
got whiskey, confronted, I often did swear.
   G7                                  D
My mother and father said whiskey is a curse,
         G             F        C          G
but the fate of their baby was many times worse,
          G             C              G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

      G7                         C            G
Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns,
                                           D     D7
stay away from the men pushin' the codine around.
      G7                                       D
Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found,
    G            F           C         G
for better your pain than because of codine.
          G              C              G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

          G7                            C          G
You'll forget you're a woman, you'll forget about man,
                                      D   D7
try it just once, and you'll try it again.
               G7                            D
You'll forget about life, you'll forget about time,
                  G         F          C         G
and you will live all your days as a slave to codeine.
          G              C              G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

( G7 C D D7 )

         G                   C               G
But if I die tomorrow, still one thing I've done,
                                              D    D7
I'd heeded the warning that I got when I was young.
  G7                                  D
My one satisfaction that comes when I say
          G         F          C          G
That I'm living my life with abandon to drink
         G             C               G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

       G7                          C            G
And my belly is craving, I got a shaking in my head
                                        D   D7
I feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead.
     G7                                    D
If I live till tomorrow that'll be a long time,
           G             F            C        G
for I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll die on codine,
          G               C             G   C G C G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.