G     B         C
Wonder why I feel so restless
           G      D         G
Moon is shinin' still and bright
        G        B       C
Cattle all are restin' easy
       G           D      G
But I just can't sleep tonight
           G    D        G
Ain't no cactus in my blankets
            Em       Am       B
Don't know why they feel so hard
             C              G       Em
'Less it's Warblin' Jim a-singin'
         G      D       G
"Annie Laurie" out on guard

[Verse]

         G         B         C
"Annie Laurie", I wish he'd quit it
           G       D      G
Couldn't sleep now if I tried
            G         B         C
Makes the night feel big and lonesome
         G           D     G
And my throat feels sore inside
         G    D        G
How my Annie used to sing it
         Em     Am       B
And it sounded good and gay
           C                   G      Em
Nights I drove her home from dances
          G         D      G
When the east was turnin' gray

[Verse]

           G         B           G
Yes, her brow t'was like the snowdrift
         G          D      G
And her eyes like quiet streams
          G       B        C
And her face, I still can see it
            G      D      D
Much too frequent in my dreams
         G         D         G
And her hand was soft and trembling
       Em        Am         B
That night underneath the tree
          C               G        Em
When I couldn't help but tell her
          G        D      G
She was "all the world to me"

[Verse]

          G        B        C
But her folks says I was shif'less
         G    D          G
Wild, unsettled, they's right
        G    G                  C
For I leaned to punchin' cattle
          G       D     G
Lord, I'm at it still tonight
          G       D        G
And she married young Doc Wilkins
    Em        Am       B
My Lord, but that was hard
           C                     G      Em
Wish that fool would quit his singin'
         G      D       G
"Annie Laurie" out on guard

[Verse]

       G          B         C
Oh I just can't stand it thinkin'
         G          D        G
Of the things that happened then
           G             B    C
Good old times, they're all apast me
        G      D     G      G    D
Never seem to come again
  G                                 Em Am
My turn? Sure, I'll come a-runnin'
B
Just warm me up some coffee, pard
          C                    G      Em
And I'll stop that Jim from singin'
         G      D       G
"Annie Laurie" out on guard

[Verse]

     D         D      G
Give me her promise true
     Em    Am        B
And ne'r forget will I
          C            G     Em
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
     D      G        D
I'd lay me down and die