Jean Ritchie

A Short Life Of Trouble

Jean Ritchie


Tom: C

F

[Verse 1]
  C
A short life of trouble
  F                 C
A few more words to part
  F             C             Am
A short life of trouble, poor boy
       C           G      C
Little girl with a broken heart

[Verse 2]
  C
I see that train a comin'
    F                C
And in the station below
    F                  C            Am
I'd rather be dead and buried, poor boy
        C      G       C
Then to know I have to go

[Verse 3]
  C
A short life of trouble
  F                 C
A few more words to part
  F             C             Am
A short life of trouble, poor boy
       C           G      C
Little girl with a broken heart