Verse I.

     G5                   C5         G5
   Once I was happy and had a good wife,

                          A5          D5
   I had enough money to last me for life.

      G5                     C5         G5
   I met with a gal and we went on a spree,

                              D5        G5
   She tought me to smoke and drink whusky.



Chorus...

       G5                  C5          G5
   Cigareets, whusky and wild wild women,

                                     A5         D5
   They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane.

       G5                  C5          G5
   Cigareets, whusky and wild wild women,

                                     A5         D5
   They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane.



Verse II.

    G5                    C5          G5
   Now I am feeble and broken with age,

                               A5           D5
   The lines on my face make a well written page.

          G5                   C5           G5
   I'm leaving this story how sad but how true,

                           D5             G5
   On women and whusky and what they will do.



(Repeat Chorus)



Verse III.

     G5                        C5          G5
   Write on the cross at the head of my grave,

                              A5           D5
   "For women and whusky here lies a poor slave".

          G5                           C5             G5
   Take warning, dear stranger, take warning, dear friend,

                                   D5           G5
   Then write in big letters these words at the end.



(Repeat Chorus)