E                              B
Where the sweet magnolia grows there's a river bend I know

      E          E7         A
Where time ain't nothing to kill

             E                    B
It's a crazy river. It shakes and shivers.

       A               E
It's a want that never will


E                      B
Mona took a bus to Las Vegas in a rush.

         E         E7        A
When she could not stand the rain.

            E                B
In a fit of passion, culture clashing

    A                  E
The sunshine turned to rain.


Chorus 1:
        B            E
Now she sits and she wonders

         B          E       E7
"How'd I get so far under?"

        A               E
Oh, the spell of wasted youth

       Ab                  A
wasted time and that's the truth

             E       B                 E   A  E
Oh lord I've cast my pearls before the swine.

solo break:
E   B   E   E7   A   E   B   A   Ab  B  E


        E              
You can ramble you can roam

   B       
Disassemble and disown

        E                           E7     A         
You can take back everything you've had to say.

            E               B
But who can run from number 1?

      A          E
Oh to live is to obey.

Chorus 2

 B              E
Now I sit and I wonder

         B          E      E7
"How'd I get so far under?"

        A               E
Oh, the spell of wasted youth

       Ab                  A
wasted time and that's the truth

             E       B                C#m   B   A  
Oh lord I've cast my pearls before the swine.

              E       B                 E    A   E
Good God I've cast my pearls before the swine.


E   B   E   E7   A   E   B   A   Ab  B  E