G7              C7
Yes I've had my fun
                          G7
If I don't get well no more
       C7                 G7
Yes I've had my fun, baby
      G7                    D7
If I don't get well no more
     D7                        C7
You see I have this pain in me
         C7             G7  C7 G7 D7
An' I'm goin' down slow

 G7                            C7
Won't somebody write my mother
 C7                       G7 C7 G7
Tell her the shape I'm in
  C7                   G7
Please write my mother
      G7                  C7
Tell her the shape I'm in
D7                     C7
Tell her to pray for me
 C7                       G7      C7 G7 D7
Tell her to forgive my sin

Solo 1: G7 C7 G7 C7 G7 C7 D7 C7 G7 C7 G7 D7

 G7                           C7
Tell her don't send no doctor
    C7                         G7 C7 G7
Yes a doctor can do me no good
     G7            C7
Yes no doctor mama
 C7                      G7
Doctor can do me no good
 D7                                  C7
But you see through all of my trials
   C7                              G7 C7 G7 D7
I never did all the things I could

Solo 2: G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7

     G7                 C7
On the next train south
 C7                        G7 C7 G7
Baby you can look for my...
C7                      G7
On the next train south
 G7                      D7
Mama, you can look for...
 D7                             C7
Yes now if you see my baby baby
                               G7 C7 G7 D7 G7
Yes you know I'm dead and gone