D [Verse 1] D G D I once had a sweetheart the fairest of maidens D E7 A7 She outshined all others that I'd known by far D G D I had me a friend big fella Named Big Harlan Taylor D A7 D Harlan had a rubber tired new shiny car [Chorus] G D A D All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman G D A7 D If I figured them all up it could take many years D A D [Verse 2] D G D By the wants of a woman she fell for Big Harlan D E7 A7 I tried but in vain for to take my own life D G D Suddenly I had lost all my will to keep living D A7 D She'd lost her desire to become my young wife [Chorus] G D A D All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman G D A7 D If I figured them all up it could take many years D A D [Verse 3] D G D Well I wanted revenge and way laid for Big Harlan D E7 A7 Then I started wondering what good would it do D G D If a rubber tired new shiny car's her ambition D A7 D And I just let her have it and Big Harlan too [Chorus] G D A D All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman G D A7 D If I figured them all up it could take many years G D A7 D If I figured them all up ’twould take many years