Just so no one gets mad at me this is all tabbed out by ear and is not 100%
correct but it will get you going in a pinch. Also this song is very band 
based and not usually played with just one guitar but for those who would 
like to give it a shot like myself here's what I got:


Standard Tuning
No Capo
Use Bar Chords


D                B
All quiet on the western front
     Gm        D
He's wondering why
D              B 
He ain't got a letter 
         Gm   D
From his army bride
     D              B
Well shes got a new lover
          Gm           D
One who's right by her side
     D              B
Just waiting on the call to hear
         Gm           D
That her poor soldier died


             Gm
She says the cotton 
           Am
Would grow high
             D  B  Gm  D
On his grave
               Gm
But I hope the cotton 
          Am
Does grow dry
             D  B  Gm  D
For his sake


            D                         B
There was a pretty little girl with a pocket book
          Gm          D
Who met a mean little man
    D               B
She married him for love
       Gm              D
But he proposed with a plan
        D                          B
See her daddy's got a whole lot of money
                   Gm         D
But Daddy's Little Girl can't swim
           D                         B
He's gonna take her to the lake real late tonight 
    Gm       D
and push her in



             Gm
He says the cotton 
           Am
Would grow high
             D  B  Gm  D
On her grave
               Gm
But I hope the cotton 
          Am
Does grow dry
             D  B  Gm  D
For her sake


Gm              Am
You can have my life insurance
Gm                    Am       Bm  Am
If you take me by the hand
Gm                     Am
Promise me that you'll really love me 
Gm                 Am          Bm  Dm
Back for the right reasons 
       (D,B,Gm,D)x2
Reasons