A
    Hello stranger, put your loving hand in mine,
            D                                A
    hello stranger, put your loving hand in mine,
                 E                           A
    you are a stranger, and you're a pal of mine.

            A
    Get up rounder, let a working may lay down,
            D                              A
    get up rounder, let a working man lay down,
               E                               A
    you are a rounder, but you're all out and down.

           A
    Every time I ride Six and Fourth Street car,
          D                                  A
    every time I ride Six and Fourth Street car,
                  E                        A
    I can see my baby peeping through the bars.

                   A
    She bowed her head, she waved both hands at me,
                    D                           A
    she bowed her head, she waved both hands at me,
                 E                        A
    I'm prison bound, I'm longing to be free.

                  A
    Oh, I'll see you, when your troubles are like mine,
                  D                                A
    oh, I'll see you, when your troubles are like mine,
                  E                           A
    oh, I'll see you, when you haven't got a dime.

                    A
    Weeping like a willow and mourning like a dove,
                    D                          A
    weeping like a willow and mourning like a dove,
                           E                     A
    there's a girl of the country that I really love.