[Intro]
Dm Em F C Dm x2
[Verse]
Dm
Don't you leave little girl
Dm
Don't you leave from this town
Em F C Dm
Little girls must not ramble around
Dm
I can see by the light
Dm
from the pale moon up high
Em F C Dm
It is a lonesome messed up town
[Interlude]
Dm Em F C Dm
[Verse]
Dm
May the wind call you back
Dm
Send you back down the tracks
Em F C Dm
That have carried you far from your home
Dm
Little girl don't you see
Dm
Your true love arrives for me
Em F C Dm
We shall marry and never more roam
[Chorus]
Dm C Dm Am Dm
Sweet Pauline won't you come back to me
Dm C Dm Am Dm
Sweet Pauline won't you come marry me
[Instrumental]
Dm C Dm C Dm x4
[Verse]
Dm
You're the one that I love
Dm
You are all I think of
Em F C Dm
You could never be false in my mind
Dm
There are things that I miss
Dm
Cannot stand around remiss
Em F C Dm
Will not stand to wait a long time
[Chorus]
Dm C Dm Am Dm
Sweet Pauline won't you come back to me
Dm C Dm Am Dm
Sweet Pauline won't you come marry me
[Outro]
Dm Em F C Dm x2