GIN, SMOKE, AND LIES CAPO 5
[Verse 1]
D C
Well early in the autumn when, the lovely dove was flying
D G C D
Mourning for his one true love, He can’t be blamed for crying..
G C D
he can’t be blamed for crying
D C
Well the rooster he got 20 gals, well he’s happy as a lark
D G C D
Well he woke up in the morning time, put ‘em all to bed at dark..
G C D
Put ‘em all to bed at dark
[Chorus]
D
Well if you’d been true, if you’d been true
C
You better look me in the eye
D
All I smell, is cheap perfume
D C D
And Gin, and Smoke, and Lies
[Verse 2]
D C
Well Where were you last Saturday, all dressed up so pretty
D G C D G C D
With your blue eyed ballroom boy, in Oklahoma City.. in Oklahoma City
D C
Well a spade is for digging dirt, and an axe is made for chopping
D G C D
Darling my hearts hard as nails they hammer in a hardwood coffin..
G C D
in a hardwood coffin
[Chorus]
D
Well if you’d been true, if you’d been true
C
You better look me in the eye
D
All I smell, is cheap perfume
D C D
And Gin, and Smoke, and Lies
[Verse 3]
D C
Ah way down in the bottom land, a big black crow is laughing
D G C D
No One ever go down there, wonder what has happened..
G C D
wonder what has happened
D C
Well early in the autumn when, the lovely dove was flying
D G C D
Mourning for his one true love, He can’t be blamed for crying..
G C D
he can’t be blamed for crying
[Chorus] x2
D
Well if you’d been true, if you’d been true
C
You better look me in the eye
D
All I smell, is cheap perfume
D C D
And Gin, and Smoke, and Lies