[Intro]
C A7 D7 G C A7 D7 G
[Verse 1]
C C7
I getting tired, of hanging ‘round.
F Fm
Think I will marry, and settle down.
C A7 D7 G
Cause this old nightlife, this old sport life,
C A7 D7 G
Is killing me.
[Verse 2]
C C7
I got a letter, from my home.
F Fm
Most of my friends, are dead and gone.
C A7 D7 G
I begin to worry, I begin to wonder,
C A7 D7 G
'Bout days to come.
[Verse 3]
C C7
My mother used to, talk to me.
F Fm
I’s young and foolish, could not see.
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Now I got no mother. My sisters and brothers,
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Don’t care for me.
[Verse 4]
C C7
I swear I’m gonna, change my ways.
F Fm
I’m getting’ older, every day.
C A7 D7 G
When I’s young and foolish, it was easy,
C A7 D7 G
To run and play.
[Solo]
C C7 F Fm C A7 D7 G C A7 D7 G
[Verse 5]
C C7
I getting tired, of hanging ‘round.
F Fm
Think I will marry, and settle down.
C A7 D7 G
Cause this old nightlife, this old sport life,
C A7 D7 G
Is killing me.
[Outro]
C A7 D7 G
Yes, this old nightlife, this old sport life,
C A7 D7 G C
Is killing me.