(intro) G F C G G C G And my belly is craving, I got a shakin' in my head, D D7 feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead. G7 D If I lived till tomorrow that?ll be a long time, G F C G but I'll reel and I'll fall and rise on codine, G C G and it's real, and it's real, one more time. G C G Well, when I was a young girl I learned not to care, D D7 got whiskey, confronted, I often did swear. G7 D My mother and father said whiskey is a curse, G F C G but the fate of their baby was many times worse, G C G and it's real, and it's real, one more time. G7 C G Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns, D D7 stay away from the men pushin' the codine around. G7 D Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found, G F C G for better your pain than because of codine. G C G and it's real, and it's real, one more time. G7 C G You'll forget you?re a woman, you'll forget about man, D D7 try it just once, and you'll try it again. G7 D You?ll forget about life, you?ll forget about time, G F C G and you will live all your days as a slave to codeine. G C G and it's real, and it's real, one more time. ( G7 C D D7 ) G C G But if I die tomorrow, still one thing I?ve done, D D7 I?d heeded the warning that I got when I was young. G7 D My one satisfaction that comes when I say G F C G That I'm living my life with abandon to drink G C G and it's real, and it's real, one more time. G7 C G And my belly is craving, I got a shaking in my head D D7 I feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead. G7 D If I live till tomorrow that?ll be a long time, G F C G for I'll reel and I'll fall and I?ll die on codine, G C G C G C G and it's real, and it's real, one more time.
