Tom: Em
G B C
Wonder why I feel so restless
G D G
Moon is shinin' still and bright
G B C
Cattle all are restin' easy
G D G
But I just can't sleep tonight
G D G
Ain't no cactus in my blankets
Em Am B
Don't know why they feel so hard
C G Em
'Less it's Warblin' Jim a-singin'
G D G
"Annie Laurie" out on guard
[Verse]
G B C
"Annie Laurie", I wish he'd quit it
G D G
Couldn't sleep now if I tried
G B C
Makes the night feel big and lonesome
G D G
And my throat feels sore inside
G D G
How my Annie used to sing it
Em Am B
And it sounded good and gay
C G Em
Nights I drove her home from dances
G D G
When the east was turnin' gray
[Verse]
G B G
Yes, her brow t'was like the snowdrift
G D G
And her eyes like quiet streams
G B C
And her face, I still can see it
G D D
Much too frequent in my dreams
G D G
And her hand was soft and trembling
Em Am B
That night underneath the tree
C G Em
When I couldn't help but tell her
G D G
She was "all the world to me"
[Verse]
G B C
But her folks says I was shif'less
G D G
Wild, unsettled, they's right
G G C
For I leaned to punchin' cattle
G D G
Lord, I'm at it still tonight
G D G
And she married young Doc Wilkins
Em Am B
My Lord, but that was hard
C G Em
Wish that fool would quit his singin'
G D G
"Annie Laurie" out on guard
[Verse]
G B C
Oh I just can't stand it thinkin'
G D G
Of the things that happened then
G B C
Good old times, they're all apast me
G D G G D
Never seem to come again
G Em Am
My turn? Sure, I'll come a-runnin'
B
Just warm me up some coffee, pard
C G Em
And I'll stop that Jim from singin'
G D G
"Annie Laurie" out on guard
[Verse]
D D G
Give me her promise true
Em Am B
And ne'r forget will I
C G Em
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
D G D
I'd lay me down and die
