Verse I.

     G                   C         G
   Once I was happy and had a good wife,

                          A7          D7
   I had enough money to last me for life.

      G                     C         G
   I met with a gal and we went on a spree,

                              D7        G
   She tought me to smoke and drink whusky.



Chorus...

       G                  C          G
   Cigareets, whusky and wild wild women,

                                     A7         D7
   They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane.

       G                  C          G
   Cigareets, whusky and wild wild women,

                                     A7         D7
   They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane.



Verse II.

    G                    C          G
   Now I am feeble and broken with age,

                               A7           D7
   The lines on my face make a well written page.

          G                   C           G
   I'm leaving this story how sad but how true,

                           D7             G
   On women and whusky and what they will do.



(Repeat Chorus)



Verse III.

     G                        C          G
   Write on the cross at the head of my grave,

                              A7           D7
   "For women and whusky here lies a poor slave".

          G                           C             G
   Take warning, dear stranger, take warning, dear friend,

                                   D7           G
   Then write in big letters these words at the end.



(Repeat Chorus)