Tonalité : Ab major
Verse 1
Now I've had a hard life
I been through two wives
A
And I've lived where the rats run wild
C
But now I'm much better and
Eb
I'm writin' this letter
A
Am
D
G
Just to tell you 'bout your baby child
Verse 2
G
So Ma, I been busy and I
know you've missed me
A
So I'm writin' this letter to you
Am
C
I knows it's been ten years
Eb
but save up those sad tears
A
Am
D
G
Mama let me tell ya whets new
Verse 3
C
D
G
Look at me I'm back on my feet
C
D
Em
Pulled myself right outa the street
C
D
So glad to be back on my
G
E
feet right now
C
D
G
I'm gettin' smiles from the people I
Interlude 1
meet
E
Am
D
G
D
G
Verse 4
G
Wontcha tell me bout Dad now
Is he still doin' bad now
A
Workin in the same drugstore
C
Lookin' for praise now
Eb
Did he ever get that raise now
Am
D
G
He's been waitin twenty years for
Verse 5
G
And poor brother Billy is he still so silly
A
Livin with that girl crosstown
C
Livin off her job
Eb
I still love that poor slob
A
Am
D
G
Tell him someday I'll be round
Verse 6
C
D
G
Look at me I'm back on my feet
C
D
Em
Pulled myself right outa the street
C
D
So glad to be back on my feet
G
E
right now
C
I'm gettin' smiles from
D
G
E
the people I meet
C
D
So glad to be back on my feet
G
Verse 7
Well I married this girl she was a rich girl
Bb
Took her checkbook & a fountain pen
C#
Wrote my name so fast now
E
Knew my luck couldn't last now
C#
Eb
G#
I wrote myself three years in the pen
Verse 8
G#
So I prayed to the Saviour
Got a year off for good behavior
Bb
Read the Bible so I'd understand
C#
Now I'm workin' steady
E
& I'm married to Betty
C#
Eb
Doin' my best to be her good
G#
lovin' man
Interlude 2
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D
A
Verse 9
A
Mama so long now I know
I was wrong now
B
Not to write in such a long long while
D
But I'll save some money and
F
you won't think it's funny
D
E
A
D
If I put you & Dad up in style
Verse 10
D
E
A
Look at me I'm back on my feet
D
E
F#m
Pulled myself right outa the street
D
E
So glad to be back on my
A
F#m
feet right now
D
I'm gettin' smiles from
E
A
F#m
the people I meet
D
Don't have to worry bout
E
A
F#m
nothin' to eat
D
Now doncha think it's
E
A
F#m
kinda neat
D
Ya know I pulled myself
E
A
right up by the seat
F#m
Of my pants
D
E
A
Look at me I'm back on my feet
F#m
Outro 1
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E
A
F#m
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E
F#m
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