Am            C
Pull back the curtain
               Am
Let me see the sun
                 C
It's been like a long rainy day
  Am          C                           Am
I slave and I try but you grumble and you cry
       C                          Am
And we can't live together this a-way, lawd lawd
       C                          Am
And we can't live together this a-way
                 C
I set you in the shade
                      Am
Give you ever' dime I made
           C
What can a poor boy do?
      Am         C                        Am
Yes I work every day and you throw it all away
       C                       Am
I just can't make a living for you, lawd lawd
      C                       Am
And I can't make a living for you
            C                       Am
I've got no use for the red rocking chair
            C
I've got no sugar, baby, now
    Am               C                                 Am
And since she's been gone (lord)  I sing this lonesome song
       C                             Am
Got no one to rock the cradle for me now, lawd lawd
       C                             Am
Got no one to rock the cradle for me now