A                   D
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[Verse 1]
A                      D
Oh I love you baby, I love you night and day
A                             D
When I leave you baby, don't cry the night away
A                               D
When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb
A                                   D
I don't believe, I want to leave no epitaph for two

[Chorus]
A            E    F#m              D
Oh oh oh oh,.....when I'm dead and gone
          A               E                A         D   E
I wanna leave some happy woman living on | / / / / | / / / / |
A            E    F#m               D
Oh oh oh oh,.....when I'm dead and gone, I
A                      E              D       A
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave - yeah


[Verse 2]
A                      D
Oh, Mama Linda, she's out to get my hide
A                           D
She's got a shotgun and a daughter by her side
A                  D
Hey there, ladies,... Johnson s free
A                                          D
Who's got the love, who's got the love to keep a man like me


[Chorus]
A            E    F#m              D
Oh oh oh oh,.....when I'm dead and gone
          A               E                A         D   E
I wanna leave some happy woman living on | / / / / | / / / / |
A            E    F#m               D
Oh oh oh oh,.....when I'm dead and gone, I
A                      E              D       A
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave - yeah

[Instrumental]

  A                   D
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[Chorus]
A            E    F#m              D
Oh oh oh oh,.....when I'm dead and gone
          A             E                   A         D   E
I don't want nobody to mourn by my grave  | / / / / | / / / / |
A            E    F#m               D
Oh oh oh oh,.....when I'm dead and gone, I
A                      E              D       A
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave - yeah

[Outro Instrumental]

  A         D   E
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