Chords for Elmore James - The 12 Year Old Boy

_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I feel bad, I feel terrible
[G] I'm just as [D] sad as I can be
_ _ _ _ I [G] _ feel terrible
_ I'm just as [D] sad as I can be
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _
I had a little boy, [A] twelve years old
[D] _ Take my baby away from me
_ _ _ _ [A] He [D] used to hang around my crib
[G] _ Until late [Dm] into the night
[D] _ _ _ _ He [G] used to hang around my crib
_ Until late [D] into the night
Take _ _ _ _
[A] _ my baby, _ _ [G] that boy could be [D] so tired
I'm just as sad as I can be
_ [E] I'm just as sad [D] as I can _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] be
_ I'm just as sad _ _ [D] _
as _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ I can be
If a young boy knew
[G] You could do [Dm] what I should do
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] If _ _
[G] a young boy knew
You could do what I [D] should do
_ _ _ _ [E] Well, you sent him [A] over to your neighbor
[G] And _ [E] hoped your [D] neighbor's like him _ _ _ _ _ _