B Bm9 Dmaj7 A
Last December I met a girl, she took a likin’ to me
F#m7 B
Said she loved me, but she didn’t know the meanin’ of the word
B Bm9 Dmaj7
She imagined love to be grand, me holdin’ her hand and
A F#m7 B
Wisperin’ sweet things and, cooin’ softly like a songbird
B Bm9 Dmaj7
Then one mornin’ she came to me, with a tear in her eye and a
A F#m7 B
Sigh on her breath Lord she said, "Hon, I’m heavy with child"
B Bm9 Dmaj7
I said "God damn girl can’t you see, that I’m breakin’ my back
A F#m7 B
Just tryin’ to keep my head above water, and it’s turnin’ me wild
B E F# B
Cinderella can’t you see, don’t want your company
B E
You better leave this mornin’ leave today,
F# E B
take your love and your child away
B Bm9
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no;
Dmaj7 A
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no;
F#m7 B
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no
B F#m7 B
Woh, woh, woh...etc. Woh, woh, woh, no
B Bm9 Dmaj7 A
Rockin’ chair on the front porch, and I’m thinkin’ about all the
F#m7 B
things that I did as a young man, now that I’m old
B Bm9 Dmaj7 A
I remember her and the boy, did he have all the toys and the joys
F#m7 B
That a young man should have, before he gets too old
B E F# B
Cinderella couldn’t you see, I didn’t want your company
B E F#
E
Shoulda left that mornin, left that day, took your love and your child...
B
away
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