tonalidad: E (forma de los acordes en la tonalidad de D )
Afinación:
E A D G B E
Capo en el 2ª traste
D
1. Oh, help me, dear doctor, I`m damaged, there`s a pain where there
G D C G
Once was a heart. It`s sleeping, it`s beating, can`t you please take it out
D A D
And preserve it right there in that jar
D
2. Oh, help me, please, Mama, I`m sickening, it`s today that`s the day
G D C G
Of my plunge. Oh, the gal, I`m to marry, is a bow-legged sow
D A D
I`ve been soaking up drink like a sponge
D
3. "Don`t worry, get dressed!" cried my mother, as she plied me with
G D
Bourbon so sour . "Pull your socks on, put your suit on
C G D A D
Comb your long hair down, for you will be wed in the hour."
D
4. So help me, please doctor, I`m damaged, there`s a pain where there
G D C G
Once was a heart. It`s sleeping, it`s beating, can`t you please take it out
D A D
And preserve it right there in that jar
G
5. Oh, help me, dear doctor, I`m damaged, there`s a pain where there
C G F C
Once was a heart. It`s sleeping, it`s beating, can`t you please take it out
G D G
And preserve it right there in that jar
G
6. I was trembling as I put on my jacket, it had creases as
C G F C
Sharp as a knife. I put the ring in my pocket, but there was a note
G D G
And my heart it jumped into my mouth
G /
7. It read, "Darling, I`m sorry to hurt you, but I`ve no courage to speak
C G F C
In your face. But I`m down in Virginia with your cousin Lou
G D G
And there`ll be no wedding today."
G
8. Oh, help me, dear doctor, I`m damaged, you can put back my heart
C G F C
In its hole. Oh, Mama, I`m crying tears of relief
G D G
And my pulse is now under control