Verse I.

G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)  Once I was happy and had a good wife,

A7 (x02020@1)        D7 (xx0212@1)  I had enough money to last me for life.

G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)  I met with a gal and we went on a spree,

D7 (xx0212@1)      G (320003@1)  She tought me to smoke and drink whusky.



Chorus...

G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)  Cigareets, whusky and wild wild women,

A7 (x02020@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)  They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane.

G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)  Cigareets, whusky and wild wild women,

A7 (x02020@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)  They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane.



Verse II.

G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)  Now I am feeble and broken with age,

A7 (x02020@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)  The lines on my face make a well written page.

G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)  I'm leaving this story how sad but how true,

D7 (xx0212@1)           G (320003@1)  On women and whusky and what they will do.



(Repeat Chorus)



Verse III.

G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)  Write on the cross at the head of my grave,

A7 (x02020@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)  "For women and whusky here lies a poor slave".

G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)  Take warning, dear stranger, take warning, dear friend,

D7 (xx0212@1)         G (320003@1)  Then write in big letters these words at the end.



(Repeat Chorus)