C           F       C
I stood and saw the judge's gavel fall

    G7                      C
And much to my dismay these words I've heard him say

                      F             C
I've listened to your story boy and it seems to me

         G7                           C
You'd be better off if you'll set her free


      F                   C
But I love her I love her down on my knees I cry

    G7                     C
And I don't wanna lose her heaven knows I try

            F                             C
To make her happy but she wants more than me

                  G7                              C
And I'll take her like she is before I'll set her free


                 F           C
Judge I know she loves me in her own kind of way

G7                         C
Even though she hurts me a hundred times a day

                      F           C
You tell me that it's better that I should set her free

    G7                                  C
But judge what would you do if you were me


          F                      C
You see I love her I love her in spite of all she's done

    G7                            C
And I'll keep right on hopin' someday that time will come

            F                          C
When she'll decide that she wants only me

                  G7                              C
And I'll take her like she is before I'll set her free