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
