E G\A E G A E Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out, on the road again, I'm on the road again. E G A E Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out, on the road again, I'm on the road again. E G A E I ain't got no woman, just to call my special friend. E G A You know the first time I traveled out, in the rain and snow, in the rain and E snow. E G A You know the first time I traveled out, in the rain and snow, in the rain and E snow. E G A E G\A I didn't have no payroll, not even no place to go. E G A E And my dear mother left me when I was quite young, when I was quite young. E G A E And my dear mother left me when I was quite young, when I was quite young. E G A E G\A She said "Lord have mercy, on my wicked son." E G\A E G A E Take a hint from me mama please, don't you cry no more, don't you cry no more. E G A E Take a hint from me mama please, don't you cry no more, don't you cry no more. E G A E G\A Cause it's soon one morning, down the road I'm gone. E G A E And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away, got to go away E G A E G A E And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away, got to go away E G A E E G\A All this fussing and fighting, man I sure can't stay. E G A E But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road, all by myself. E G A E But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road, all by myself. E G A E E G\A I can't carry you baby, gonna carry somebody else. E G\A