C        F
When I was a babe
       C           G
I fell down in the holler
     C        F
When I was a girl
       C         G
I fell into your arms
    C            F
We fell on hard times
       C               G
And we lost our bright color
     Am          F
You went to the dogs
       G          C
And I lived by my charms

   C             F
I danced for my dinner
        C           G
Spread kisses like honey
     C             F
You stole and you gambled
    C           G
And I said you should
    C            F
We sang for our suppers
   C            G
We drank up our money
      Am            F
Then, one day, you left
       G        C
Sayin' I was no good

       C            F
Well, alright, I'm bad
         C               G
But then you're no prize either
 C            F
Alright, I'm bad
         C              G
But then that's nothin' new
     C             F
You say you won't love me
   C              G
I won't love you neither
     Am        F
Just let me remind you
     G    C
What I am to you

       C        F
'Cause I am the one
          C                G
Who looks out when you're leapin'
C        F
I am the one
          C             G
Who knows how you were brave
    C        F
And I am the one
          C             G
Who heard what you said sleepin'
      Am            F
I'll take that and more
       G       C
When I go to my grave

      C           F
It's sooner than later
      C            G
That I'm six feet under
      C           F
It's sooner than later
       C          G
That you'll be alone
    C            F
So who will you turn to
   C        G
Tomorrow I wonder?
     Am            F
For when the bell rings
        G        C
Lover, you're on your own

C        F
I am the one
         C           G
Who you let see you weepin'
C           F
I know the soul
           C          G
That you struggle to save
     C           F
Too bad I'm the bet
          C           G
That you lost in the reapin'
      Am           F
Now, what will you do
       G         C
When I go to my grave?