F F  C C
F F  G  G7
C  E7  F  F
C  F G   C  C7

[Chorus]
F                             C    C7
Make me down a pallet on your floor
F                             G
Make me down a pallet on your floor
C      E7            F
Honey, make it down, make it soft and low
C             F        G         C    C7
Then maybe my good gal she won't know

[Verse 1]
    F                                           C
I'm goin' up the country through that sleet an' snow
    F                                           G   G7
I'm goin' up the country through that sleet an' snow
    C            E7      F
I'm goin' up the country through that sleet an' snow
          C                F        G        C  C7
And there ain't no telling just how fur I'll go

[Verse 2]
       F                                    C
Get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee
       F                                    G
Get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee
     C                E7           F
I'll get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee
  C                     F               G        C  C7
I told you I's a-comin' so you'd better look for me

[Chorus]
F                             C
Make me down a pallet on your floor
F                             G
Make me down a pallet on your floor
C      E7            F
Honey, make it down, make it soft and low
C             F        G         C    C7
Then maybe my good gal she won't know


[Instrumental]
F   C C7
F  G
C  E7  F
C  F G   C  C7

[Verse 3]
     F                                 C
You know that I can't lay down on your bed
       F                                  G   G7
Oh you know that I can't lay down on your bed
    C       E7              F
Now honey I can't lay down 'cross your pretty bed
       C             F         G       C   C7
'cause my good woman she might kill me dead

[Verse 4]
    F                                   C
And don't you let my good gal catch you here
    F                                   G     G7
Hey don't you let my good gal catch you here
       C             E7         F
If you do, she might shoot you, cut and stop you too
             C                F        G         C
'Cause there ain't no tellin' what all she might do.

[Chorus]
F                             C
Make me down a pallet on your floor
F                             G
Make me down a pallet on your floor
C      E7            F
Honey, make it down, make it soft and low
C             F        G       C    C7
Then maybe my good gal she won't know

[Instrumental]
F   C C7
F  G  G7
C  E7  F
C  F G   C  C7

[Verse 5]
        F                                         C
The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired
        F                                         G
The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired
C                        E7          F
Well the way I've been a'sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired
  C                      F              G     C         C7
I think I'll turn to try sleepin' while on my side

[Chorus]
F                             C
Make me down a pallet on your floor
F                             G
Make me down a pallet on your floor
C      E7            F
Honey, make it down, make it soft and low
C             F        G         C    C7
Then maybe my good gal she won't know

[Instrumental]
F   C
F  G  G7
C  E7  F
C   F G   C  C7

[Outro]
F                             C    C7
Make me down a pallet on your floor
F                             G    G7
Make me down a pallet on your floor
C              E7   F
Honey, make it over close behind the door
C                  F           G     C
Make it where your good man'll never go