FCF
There is a spring, not far from here
CF
The water runs both sweet and clear
DmBb
Both sweet and clear, and cold:
C
Could crack your bones
BbF
With veins of gold
CF
I stood, a-wagging, at the tap;
CF
Just a-waiting on the lagging, rising sap
BbG
I held the cold tin ladle to my lip
C
At the Shrine of the Thousand Arms
BbF
I lowered my eyes to sip
[Chorus]
GCmGCm
What a beautiful day to catch my drift
BbAbBbEb
Or be caught up in it
AbGF
You want your love, Love?
BbG
Come and get your love;
C
I only took it back
BbF
Because I thought you didn't
[Verse]
C
How my ears did ring
F
At the municipal pound
C
From that old hangdog
F
To which I was bound:
Dm
Curled 'round the bottom rung
Bb
Doesn't anybody want you?
C
Well, come on, darlin
BbF
I could use someone like you around
CF
I am not like you, I ain't from this place
C
And I do reserve the right
F
To repeat all my same mistakes
Dm
And, in the night, like you
Bb
I certainly bite and chew
C
What I can find
BbF
And never seem to lose the taste
[Chorus]
GCmGCm
What a horrible face I feel me make
BbAbBbEb
For Pete's sake
AbGF
What you have told me, I cannot erase!
C
(Though I keep on saying
BbF
And I do believe, it is not too late)
[Bridge]
AmEbFCm
All day, you're hassling me with trifles:
AmEbFCmBb
Black nose of the dog, as cold as a rifle
AG
Indicating, with a nudge
FEbBbG
God, No God. God, No God
AG
Sweet, appraising eye of the dog
FEb
Blink once if god
BbG
Twice if no god
CmGCm
My mama may be ashamed of me
BbAbBbEb
With all of my finery:
Ab
Carrying on
GF
Whooping it up till the early morn
C
Lost and lorn
BbF
Among the madding revelry!
C
Sure, I can pass
F
Honey, I can pass
CF
Particularly when I start to tip my glass
Dm
I'll be a sport
Bb
And have a go at that old song
Singing unabashed, about
C
'Them city girls
Bb
With their ribbon bows
F
And their fancy sash...'
[Outro]
Dm
But, though I get so sad
(could swear the night
Bb
Makes a motion to claim me
C
Around that second verse)
Bb
I reckon I've felt worse
F
And still held fast
C
But, later on, when I am alone
F
Alone at last
C
Well I take my god to task
F
I take my god to task