May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister by Hank Thompson, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister

by Hank Thompson

Biography:

Hank Thompson (September 3, 1925 – November 6, 2007) was a country-western music entertainer whose career spanned six decades, and who has sold over 60 million records worldwide.

Thompson's musical style, characterized as Honky Tonk Swing, is a mixture of big-band instrumentation, fiddle and steel guitar that supports his distinctive, gravelly baritone vocals on songs he often writes himself. His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the No.1 Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard Magazine.

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One night it was dark and it was storming when along came a tramp in the rain
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He was making his way to some station to catch a long distance train

[Verse 2]
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May I sleep in your barn tonight Mister for it is cold lying out on the ground
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And the cold north wind is whistling and I have no place to lie down
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Now I have no tobacco nor matches and I'm sure I can cause you no harm
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I will tell you my story kind Mister for it runs through my heart like a storm

[Verse 3]
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It was three years ago just last summer Ill never forget that sad day
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When a stranger came out from the city and said that he wanted to stay
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Now the stranger was tall, dark, and handsome and he looked like a man who had wealth
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And he wanted to stay in the country said he wanted to stay for his health

[Verse 4]
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My wife said shed like to be earning some money to have for her own
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She coaxed til I finally consented that the stranger could stay in our home

[Verse 5]
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One night as I came from my workshop I was whistling and singing with joy
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I expected a kind hearty welcome from my sweet loving wife and my boy
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But what did I find but a letter it was placed in my room on the stand
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And the moment my eyes fell upon it, I had taken it up in my hand

[Verse 5]
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Now this note said my wife and the stranger had left and had taken my son
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Oh I wonder if God up in heaven only knows what this stranger has done
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May I sleep in your barn Mister it is cold lying out on the ground
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And the cold north wind is a whistling and I have no place to lie down