Verse I.
G C G
Once I was happy and had a good wife,
A7 D7
I had enough money to last me for life.
G C G
I met with a gal and we went on a spree,
D7 G
She tought me to smoke and drink whusky.
Chorus...
G C G
Cigareets, whusky and wild wild women,
A7 D7
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane.
G C G
Cigareets, whusky and wild wild women,
A7 D7
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane.
Verse II.
G C G
Now I am feeble and broken with age,
A7 D7
The lines on my face make a well written page.
G C G
I'm leaving this story how sad but how true,
D7 G
On women and whusky and what they will do.
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse III.
G C G
Write on the cross at the head of my grave,
A7 D7
"For women and whusky here lies a poor slave".
G C G
Take warning, dear stranger, take warning, dear friend,
D7 G
Then write in big letters these words at the end.
(Repeat Chorus)