D5             D5           F5                C5 
Last December I met a girl, she took a likin? to me 
                   A5                     D5 
Said she loved me, but she didn?t know the meanin? of the word 
D5            D5                  F5 
She imagined love to be grand, me holdin? her hand and 
C5                      A5                      D5 
Wisperin? sweet things and, cooin? softly like a songbird 
D5                D5                    F5 
Then one mornin? she came to me, with a tear in her eye and a 
C5                       A5                 D5 
Sigh on her breath Lord she said, "Hon, I?m heavy with child" 
D5                     D5                     F5 
I said "God damn girl can?t you see, that I?m breakin? my back 
     C5                            A5             D5 
Just tryin? to keep my head above water, and it?s turnin? me wild 
D5          G5              A5               D5 
Cinderella can?t you see, don?t want your company 
D5                             G5 
You better leave this mornin? leave today,  
A5                       G5     D5 
take your love and your child away 
D5                               D5 
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no;  
F5                           C5 
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no;  
A5                              D5 
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no;  No, no, no, no, no 
D5                         A5            D5 
Woh, woh, woh...etc.      Woh, woh, woh, no 
D5                    D5                  F5              C5 
Rockin? chair on the front porch, and I?m thinkin? about all the  
                             A5               D5 
things that I did as a young man, now that I?m old 
D5          D5                     F5                     C5 
I remember her and the boy, did he have all the toys and the joys 
                 A5                    D5 
That a young man should have, before he gets too old 
D5          G5                 A5                  D5 
Cinderella couldn?t you see, I didn?t want your company 
D5                         G5              A5                       G5 
Shoulda left that mornin, left that day, took your love and your child... 
     D5 
away 
 
 
  
 
(Note: This song is played in a modal D tuning. Both the high and low E strings are tuned down to D. The Dm9 is played like an Am , with the middle finger of the left hand picked up, leaving the G string open. G is a different form also, because of the modal tuning. Play G by fretting the fifth fret on both the low D and A strings.)