C5                                  F5
Would be better for us both had we never
        G5                          C5
In this wide wicked world have ever met
C5                                   F5
For the pain and the pleasures he's brought me
     G5                 C5
I am sure I will never forget

(chorus)
C5                              F5
Oh, I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
       G5                   C5
Who is sailing far over the sea
                               F5
And I'm thinking tonight of him only
      G5                           C5
And I wonder does he ever think of me


(2nd verse)
Oh, you told me once, dear, that you loved me
And you swore that we never would part
But a link in the chain has been broken
Leaving me with a sad broken heart

(repeat chorus)


Additional verse by original Carter Family version:

(3rd verse)
When the cold, cold grave shall enclose me
Will you come there and shed just a tear
And say to the strangers around you
The poor heart you have broken lies here

(repeat chorus)