[Introduction]
| G | D | G | D | G G7 | E7| A A7 | D |
| G | D | G | D | G G7 | E7 | A7 | D |
| G | G7 | C | Eb7 |G G7 | E7 | A A7 D D | G |
[Verse 1]
G D
I met a girl at the cabaret
G D
Said pretty papa I'm goin' your way
G D A7
Her man know what it all about
A7 D7
Waiting at home just to throw me out
G D
Broke my nose split my chin
G D
Don't let me catch you here again
G D A
He whipped me from the kitchen back to the door
A7 D7
He beat me with a chair till my head got sore
G E7
That'll never happen no more
A7 D7 G
That'll never happen no more
[Instrumental]
|G G7 | E7 | A7 | D G |
|G | E7 | A7 | D |
|G | G7 | C | Eb7 |
|G | E7 | A A7 | D7 |
| G | E7 | A7 | D |
|G G7 | E7 | A7 | D |
|G | G7 | C | Eb7 |
|G G6 | A7 D7 | G G7 C Eb7 | D7 |
[Verse 2]
G D
The wind in Chicago winter and fall
G D
It has caused me to wear my overalls
G D A7
Flat broke it was my fault
A7 D7
Been used to eating pork chops I'm eating salt
G D
I met a woman with a big mink fur
G D
Big fat mouth me followed her
G D A7
She pulled a gun and she take my dough
A7 D
I didn't eat my heart out and I didn't get sore
G E7
That'll never happen no more
A7 D7 G D7
That'll never happen no more
[Outro]
|G G7 | E7 | A7 | D |
|G G7 | E7 | A7 | D |
|G | G7 | C | Eb7 |
|G G7 | E7 | A7 | D |
| G | E7 | A7 | D
|G | G7 | C | Eb7 |
G E7
That'll never happen no more
A7 D7 G
That'll never happen to me no more