| C | F | 2x
[Verse]
C
Oooh I love you, baby
F
I love you night and day
C F
When I leave you, baby, don't cry the night away
C F
When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb
C
I don't believe I want to leave
F
No epitaph of doom
[Chorus]
C G Am F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
C G C F G
I wanna leave some happy woman living on
C G Am F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
C G
Don't want nobody to mourn
F C
Beside my grave
[Verse]
C
Old Mama Linda
F
She's out to get my hide
C F
She's got a shotgun and her daughter by her side
C
Hey there, ladies
F
John son's free
C
Who's got the love, who's got enough
F
To keep a man like me
[Chorus]
C G Am F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
C G C F G
I wanna leave some happy woman living on
C G Am F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
C G
Don't want nobody to mourn
F C
Beside my grave
[Solo]
| C | F | 4x
[Chorus]
C G Am F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
C G C F G
I wanna leave some happy woman living on
C G Am F
Ooh ooh ooh - when I'm dead and gone
C G
Don't want nobody to mourn
F C
Beside my grave
[Instrumental]
| C F G | 4x
[Outro]
C F
Oh la la
G C F
Oh la la, yeah yeah
G C F
Oh la la
G C F G C F C
Oh la la, yeah yeah yeah yeah
