D Dm9 Fmaj7 C
Last December I met a girl, she took a likin? to me
Am7 D
Said she loved me, but she didn?t know the meanin? of the word
D Dm9 Fmaj7
She imagined love to be grand, me holdin? her hand and
C Am7 D
Wisperin? sweet things and, cooin? softly like a songbird
D Dm9 Fmaj7
Then one mornin? she came to me, with a tear in her eye and a
C Am7 D
Sigh on her breath Lord she said, "Hon, I?m heavy with child"
D Dm9 Fmaj7
I said "God damn girl can?t you see, that I?m breakin? my back
C Am7 D
Just tryin? to keep my head above water, and it?s turnin? me wild
D G A D
Cinderella can?t you see, don?t want your company
D G
You better leave this mornin? leave today,
A G D
take your love and your child away
D Dm9
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no;
Fmaj7 C
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no;
Am7 D
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; No, no, no, no, no
D Am7 D
Woh, woh, woh...etc. Woh, woh, woh, no
D Dm9 Fmaj7 C
Rockin? chair on the front porch, and I?m thinkin? about all the
Am7 D
things that I did as a young man, now that I?m old
D Dm9 Fmaj7 C
I remember her and the boy, did he have all the toys and the joys
Am7 D
That a young man should have, before he gets too old
D G A D
Cinderella couldn?t you see, I didn?t want your company
D G A G
Shoulda left that mornin, left that day, took your love and your child...
D
away
(Note: This song is played in a modal D tuning. Both the high and low E strings are tuned down to D. The Dm9 is played like an Am, with the middle finger of the left hand picked up, leaving the G string open. G is a different form also, because of the modal tuning. Play G by fretting the fifth fret on both the low D and A strings.)