D  G  A
E 2  3  0
A 0  2  0
D 0  0  2
G 2  0  2

Guitar:
  D  G  A
E 2  3  0
B 3  3  2
G 2  0  2
D 0  0  2
A x  2  0
E x  3  x


Intro:
D G D G

Intro fill:
At the end of the G, on the top string, run down (this also repeats through the verse):

Guitar:

E: 3-3-3---2---0-|
B: 3-3-3---3---3-|
G: 0-0-0---0---0-|
D: 0-0-0---0---0-|

Mandolin:

E: 3-3-3---2---0-|
A: 2-2-2---2---0-|
D: 0-0-0---0---0-|
G: 0-0-0---0---0-|

D                      G
Oh I love you baby.  I love you night and day.
D                      G
When I leave you baby. Don't cry the night away.
D                              G
When I die don't you write. No words upon my tomb.
D                                  G
I don't believe I want to leave no epitaph of doom.

D              A            D          G
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
D                    A                D     G A
I want to leave some happy woman living on.
D              A          D            G
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
D                    A               G            D
don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave.

(note – at the end of the first chorus couplet, G->A progression is much quicker than
other changes – same as in the outro)

D                         G
Oh my Melinda, she's out to get my hide.
D                            G
She's got a shotgun and her daughter by her side.
D                    G
Hey there ladies. Johnson's free.
D                                     G
Who's got the love, who's got enough to keep a man like me?

D              A            D          G
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
D                    A                D     G A
I want to leave some happy woman living on.
D              A          D            G
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
D                    A               G            D
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave.

Instrumental / solo (to play this, you need a kazoo and to forget how to play the guitar
– otherwise, twiddling on the D pentatonic suffices)

D              A            D          G
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
D                    A               D     G A
I want to leave some happy woman living on.
D              A          D            G
Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone
D                    A               G            D
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave.