D                                               A          D
    I'm a going to leave this country, I'm a going around this world,
           G                    D                      A         D    A D
    I'm a going to leave this country for the sake of one little girl.

               D                                         A          D
    Well, she told me that she loved me and it gives my poor heart ease,
                G                     D
    when she's got her back turned on me
                      A          D    A D
    she's courting whoever she please.

             D                                        A        D
    Well, I lost my money in gambling, and I lost my name, you see,
      G            D                  A        D  A D
    I am nobody's darling and nobody cares for me.

     D                                                    A        D
    Don't you hear my banjo ringing, don't you hear this mournful sound,
               G                        D
    don't you hear those pretty girls laughing,
                     A          D    A D
    standing on the cold cold ground.

     D                                          A       D
    I'll hang my head in sorrow, I'll hang my head and cry,
          G               D                    A     D  A D
    I'll hang my head in sorrow as my darling passes by.

             D                                           A         D
    Well, I ain't going to work tomorrow, and I may not work next day
      G                      D                     A          D  A D
    I ain't going to work tomorrow for it'll be a wet, rainy day.