E5                              B5
Where the sweet magnolia grows there's a river bend I know

      E5          E5         A5
Where time ain't nothing to kill

             E5                    B5
It's a crazy river. It shakes and shivers.

       A5               E5
It's a want that never will


E5                      B5
Mona took a bus to Las Vegas in a rush.

         E5         E5        A5
When she could not stand the rain.

            E5                B5
In a fit of passion, culture clashing

    A5                  E5
The sunshine turned to rain.


Chorus 1:
        B5            E5
Now she sits and she wonders

         B5          E5       E5
"How'd I get so far under?"

        A5               E5
Oh, the spell of wasted youth

       Ab5                  A5
wasted time and that's the truth

             E5       B5                 E5   A5  E5
Oh lord I've cast my pearls before the swine.

solo break:
E5   B5   E5   E5   A5   E5   B5   A5   Ab5  B5  E5


        E5              
You can ramble you can roam

   B5       
Disassemble and disown

        E5                           E5     A5         
You can take back everything you've had to say.

            E5               B5
But who can run from number 1?

      A5          E5
Oh to live is to obey.

Chorus 2

 B5              E5
Now I sit and I wonder

         B5          E5      E5
"How'd I get so far under?"

        A5               E5
Oh, the spell of wasted youth

       Ab5                  A5
wasted time and that's the truth

             E5       B5                C#5   B5   A5  
Oh lord I've cast my pearls before the swine.

              E5       B5                 E5    A5   E5
Good God I've cast my pearls before the swine.


E5   B5   E5   E5   A5   E5   B5   A5   Ab5  B5  E5