^BbBoys working on empty ^Cm ^Bbis that the kind of way to face the burning heat^Cm ^BbI just think about my baby ^Cm ^BbI'm so full of love I can barely eat ^Bbthere's nothing sweeter than my baby ^Cm ^BbI never want once from the cherry tree^Cm ^Bbcause my baby's sweet as can be ^Cm ^BbShe gives me toothaches just from kissing me

^GmWhen my ^Bbtime comes around ^Flay me gently in the cold dark ^Cearth ^GmNo grave can ^Bbhold my body down ^FI'll crawl home to ^Cher

That's when my baby found me ^Cm ^BbI was three days on a drunken sin ^Cm ^BbI woke with her walls around me^Cm ^BbNothing in her room but an empty crib ^Cm ^Bband I was burning up a fever ^Cm ^BbI didn't care much how long I lived ^Cm ^BbI swear i thought I dreamed her^Cm ^BbShe never asked me once about the wrong I did^Cm

^GmWhen my ^Bbtime comes around ^Flay me gently in the cold dark ^Cearth ^GmNo grave can ^Bbhold my body down ^FI'll crawl home to her

^BbMy baby never fret none ^Cm ^Bbabout what my hands and my body's done ^Cm ^BbIf the Lord don't forgive me^Cm ^BbI'd still have my baby and my babe would have me ^Cm ^BbWhen I was kissing on my baby ^Cm ^BbShe put her love down soft and sweet^Cm ^BbIn the low lamp light I was free^Cm ^BbHeaven and Hell were just words to me ^Cm

^GmWhen my ^Bbtime comes around ^Flay me gently in the cold dark ^Cearth ^GmNo grave can ^Bbhold my body down ^FI'll crawl home to ^Cher