Codine Blues

(intro)  G F C G

                G                                    C                  G
And my belly is craving, I got a shakin' in my head,
                                                         D        D7
feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead.
      G7                                                  D
If I lived till tomorrow that'll be a long time,
          G                F           C            G
but I'll reel and I'll fall and rise on codine,
              G                  C                    G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

                 G                                  C                   G
Well, when I was a young girl I learned not to care,
                                                             D        D7
got whiskey, confronted, I often did swear.
       G7                                                    D
My mother and father said whiskey is a curse,
              G                F               C                G
but the fate of their baby was many times worse,
             G                 C                     G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

          G7                                      C                  G
Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns,
                                                                       D         D7
stay away from the men pushin' the codine around.
           G7                                                             D
Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found,
      G                F                  C              G
for better your pain than because of codine.
              G                 C                     G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

             G7                                          C                G
You'll forget you're a woman, you'll forget about man,
                                                     D        D7
try it just once, and you'll try it again.
                      G7                                      D
You'll forget about life, you'll forget about time,
                           G           F               C             G
and you will live all your days as a slave to codeine.
              G                 C                     G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

( G7 C D D7 )

           G                           C                    G
But if I die tomorrow, still one thing I've done,
                                                                          D        D7
I'd heeded the warning that I got when I was young.
     G7                                                    D
My one satisfaction that comes when I say
               G            F              C               G
That I'm living my life with abandon to drink
            G                 C                      G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.

              G7                                  C                    G
And my belly is craving, I got a shaking in my head
                                                         D        D7
I feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead.
     G7                                                D
If I live till tomorrow that'll be a long time,
            G               F               C            G
for I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll die on codine,
             G                   C                    G        C G C G
and it's real, and it's real, one more time.