G7C7
Yes I've had my fun
G7
If I don't get well no more
C7G7
Yes I've had my fun, baby
G7D7
If I don't get well no more
D7C7
You see I have this pain in me
C7G7C7G7D7
An' I'm goin' down slow
G7C7
Won't somebody write my mother
C7G7C7G7
Tell her the shape I'm in
C7G7
Please write my mother
G7C7
Tell her the shape I'm in
D7C7
Tell her to pray for me
C7G7C7G7D7
Tell her to forgive my sin
Solo 1: G7C7G7C7G7C7D7C7G7C7G7D7G7C7
Tell her don't send no doctor
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Yes a doctor can do me no good
G7C7
Yes no doctor mama
C7G7
Doctor can do me no good
D7C7
But you see through all of my trials
C7G7C7G7D7
I never did all the things I could
Solo 2: G7C7G7D7C7G7G7C7
On the next train south
C7G7C7G7
Baby you can look for my...
C7G7
On the next train south
G7D7
Mama, you can look for...
D7C7
Yes now if you see my baby baby
G7C7G7D7G7
Yes you know I'm dead and gone