Tom: Em | C | G D | G | G | [Verse 1] G G7 C Alone and so lonesome, bored and so blue G A7 D7 I got the urge to ramble, so I took a drink or two G B7 C G It tempted me to trifle, then my true heart went astray C G D7 G So I wandered in dark water and just threw my life away [Verse 2] D7 G I know that it was wrong, to fool around this way so long A A7 D7 Someone was sawing on the limb, that I was sittin' on G B7 C G I looked down and I found, I could drown in deep dark water C G D G G So I cried when I realized, I couldn't swim [Verse 3] G7 C A fool and his money, calls for whiskey and for gin G A7 D7 Filled to the gills and fallin' for the weaknesses of man G B7 C G From one fool to another, wrong is never right C G D7 G I ignored advice from mother and brother look, at me tonight [Verse 4] D7 G Unsteady as I go, with deep dark water down below A7 D7 They keep sawin' louder on my limb and soon I'll have to go G B7 C G Life's been small hear my call, as I fall in deep dark water C G D G G Don't be a would-be king and tumble, from your throne