Tom: D D G Well once I was a slave at the sawmill D Talk about a poor boy talk about a poor boy G D Never saw a dollar bill G My work was so hard at the sawmill D Think about a poor boy think about a poor boy G D When you go to write your will [Chorus] G Well see my teardrops falling down My wife left this sawmill town A7 She said the sawmill life had been a sin... N.C. Cause the gravy was too thin D G I can't work no more at the sawmill D Mercy on a poor boy mercy on a poor boy G D Let me have a dollar bill [Verse 2] G If you bring your wife to the sawmill D Well how you gonna please her how you gonna please her G D When she wants a dollar bill G They're not satisfied at the sawmill D Women like a dollar women like a dollar G D Yes and women always will [Chorus] G Well see my teardrops falling down My wife left this sawmill town A7 She said the sawmill life had been a sin... N.C. Cause the gravy was too thin D G I can't work no more at the sawmill D Mercy on a poor boy mercy on a poor boy G D Let me have a dollar bill [tag] D Mercy on a poor boy mercy on a poor boy G D Let me have a dollar bill