Mel Tillis

Sawmill

Mel Tillis


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