| C | F | |
| Oh I love you baby. I l | ove you night and day. |
| C | F | |
| When I leave you baby. Don' | t cry the night away. |
| C | F | |
| When I die don't you write. No wor | ds upon my tomb. |
| C | F | |
| I don't believe. I want to leave no epi | taph of doom. |
| C | G | Am | F | |
| Oh oh oh oh. | When I'm dead and | gone |
| C | G | F | |
| I want to l | eave some hap | py woman. Living | on. |
| C | G | Am | F | |
| Oh oh oh oh. | When I'm dead and | gone |
| C | G | F | |
| don't wan | t nobody to | mourn beside my g | rave. |
| C | F | |
| Old Mama Linda. She's out t | o get my hide |
| C | F | |
| She's got a shotgun. And her daugh | ter by her side. |
| C | F | |
| Hey there ladies. Joh | nson's free. |
| C | F | |
| Who's got the love. Who's got enough. To keep a | man like me. |
| C | G | Am | F | |
| Oh oh oh oh. | When I'm dead and | gone |
| C | G | F | |
| I want to l | eave some hap | py woman. Living | on. |
| C | G | Am | F | |
| Oh oh oh oh. | When I'm dead and | gone |
| C | G | F | |
| don't wan | t nobody to | mourn beside my g | rave. |
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| C | G | Am | F | |
| Oh oh oh oh. | When I'm dead and | gone |
| C | G | F | |
| don't wan | t nobody to | mourn beside my g | rave. |
| C | G | Am | F | |
| Oh oh oh oh. | When I'm dead and | gone |
| C | G | F | |
| don't wan | t nobody to | mourn beside my g | rave. |