Tom: E
E B E B
[Verse 1]
E A E B
I gave my love a diamond, a ten cent stone
B7 E
I gave her lonely teardrops and nights alone
E7 A
I gave my love a promise that had no truth
E B A E
What good is a promise without no truth?
[Interlude]
E A B
[Verse 2]
E A E B
I gave my love a fortune in silver and gold
B7 E
I gave it to her lie, by lie, by lie, by lie that I had told
A
I gave my love a story that had no end
E B A E
What good is a story that's got no end? Tell me..
[Interlude]
E A B E A B
[Verse 3]
E A
I wrote her that we would marry
E B
In about, a-one years time
E
I wrote her in a boxcar on the Memphis Line
A
I sent my love a letter without no stamp, ha
E B A E
And what good is a letter without no stamp?
[Outro]
E A B
Good-bye baby
E A
I'm feelin' so alone
B E
I'm movin' on
A B E A
I ain't got no small change
B E A
And don't call me, I'll call you
B E
See ya!
