Intro: E | ---0--2-2---0--2--0------------5--2--------------------------------------- | B | ---------------------3-0-3---0-----------0--3--0-------------------------- | G | ---------------------------------------2---------------------------------- | D | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | ---0--2-2----0--2--0------------------------------------------------------ | B | -----------------------3-0-3----------------0-3--0--3--------------------- | G | --------------------------------2--4--2--2-------------------------------- | D | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ( D5 G5 ) (4x) D5 G5 D5 E5 I met Annie Ford out on the Great West road, D5 G5 A5 soaking through and thumbing for a ride. D5 G5 D5 E5 She sat there on her suitcase in her dancing dress B5 A5 D5 I would've been a fool to pass her by G5 D5 And as we sped accross the night B5 G5 We told our stories by the light D5 A5 Of the stars that lead us home G5 Each time we strayed G5 D5 Me and Annie talked till dawn, B5 G5 When we reached her old man's farm D5 A5 G5 And I said so long; guess I'll be on my way D5 G5 D5 E5 I started meeting Annie by the old sawmill, D5 G5 A5 Wasting time and drinking in the day D5 G5 D5 E5 Courting her was easy with her smile like that B5 A5 D5 Loving her was easy in the night G5 D5 Well, me and Annie set a date, B5 G5 And had a wedding in the spring D5 A5 G5 Man, you should've heard that old church choir sing G5 D5 It didn't take us very long, B5 G5 'till the baby came along D5 A5 G5 Well we named him Tom and settled into life G5 D5 But at night death came around, G5 B5 A5 Gh and Annie left without a sound ( D5 G5 ) (4x) E | ---0--2-2---0--2--0------------5--2--------------------------------------- | B | ---------------------3-0-3---0-----------0--3--0-------------------------- | G | ---------------------------------------2---------------------------------- | D | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | ---0--2-2----0--2--0------------------------------------------------------ | B | -----------------------3-0-3----------------0-3--0--3--------------------- | G | --------------------------------2--4--2--2-------------------------------- | D | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | G5 D5 B5 G5 But the trouble with this life, is it doesn't last so long D5 A5 G5 And your love can be divided overnight. G5 D5 Now it's only me and Tom B5 G5 Now our wife and mother's gone D5 A5 G5 Well I told the Lord ' I just don't think it's right'. ( D5 G5 ) (4x) E | ---0--2-2---0--2--0------------5--2--------------------------------------- | B | ---------------------3-0-3---0-----------0--3--0-------------------------- | G | ---------------------------------------2---------------------------------- | D | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | ---0--2-2----0--2--0------------------------------------------------------ | B | -----------------------3-0-3----------------0-3--0--3--------------------- | G | --------------------------------2--4--2--2-------------------------------- | D | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |