EE7A
Honey, I'm all out and down, Honey,
AA7E
I'm broke, babe, an' I ain't got a dime,
AA7E
Every good man gets in hard luck sometime,
B7E
Don't they, baby, don't they baby?
EE7A
Honey, I'm all out and down, Honey,
AA7E
Oh, the mules and the hosses nicklin' (beggin') for their corn and hay,
AA7E
Women on the levee shoutin' 'cause it's almost pay day,
B7E
Cryin', 'Daddy, Sweet Daddy.'
AA7E
Aw, the women on the levee, honey, hollerin' 'Whoo, haw, gee,'
AA7E
The mens on the levee hollerin' 'Doncha murder me.
B7E
Please, baby, doncha murder me.'
EE7A
Honey, what you want me to do, Honey,
AA7E
I'm down in the bottom in the mud up to my knees,
AA7E
Workin' for my baby and she's so hard to please,
B7E
Ain't you baby? Ain't you baby?
AA7E
Yellow woman make a preacher lay his Bible down,
AA7E
Jet-black woman make a jack-rabbit hug a houn',
B7E
Tell me, baby. Tell me, baby.
EE7A
Honey, I'm all out and down, Honey,
AA7E
Worked all the summer and part of the fall,
AA7E
Had to take my Christmas in my overalls,
B7E
O Lawdy! O Lawdy!
AA7E
I'm down in the bottom, skinnin' for Johnny Ryan,
AA7E
Puttin' my initials, honey, on the mule's behin',
B7E
With my line, babe. With my line, babe.
EE7A
Honey.....