I ain’t going to work tomorrow
intro = verse 1 as instrumental
D A D
1. I'm a going to leave this country, I'm a
going around this world,
G D
A D
- A - D
I'm a going to leave this
country for the sake of one little girl.
D
A D
2. Well, she told me that she loved me and it gives my poor heart ease,
G
D
when she's got her back turned
on me
A D - A - D
she's courting whoever she please.
+ instr. = verse 2
D
A D
3. Well, I lost my money in gambling, and I lost my name, you see,
G D A D - A - D
I am nobody's darling and
nobody cares for me.
D
A D
4. Don’t you hear my banjo ringing, don’t you hear this mournful sound,
G
D
don’t you hear those pretty
girls laughing,
A D - A - D
standing on
the cold cold ground.
D
A
D
5. I'll hang my head in sorrow, I'll hang my
head and cry,
G D A
D - A - D
I'll hang my head in sorrow as
my darling passes by.
D
A D
6. Well, I ain’t going to work tomorrow, and I
may not work next day
G D A D - A -
D
I ain’t
going to work tomorrow for it'll be a wet, rainy day.
+ repeat verse 6 as instrumental
Recorded 5/10/28
(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Carter
Family)