E _ Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged.
_ .
_ There's a pain where there once was
A a heart.
_ .
_ _
E It's sleeping,
G.
E it's abating,
D can't you please
A tear it out.
E And preserve it
A right there in
C that
E jar.
_ _ _ Oh help me, please mama, I'm sickening.
_ _ It's the day, that's the day
A of the plunge.
_ _
Em E Oh the gal I'm to marry
D is a four
A-legged slouch.
I've been
E soaking
A up drink like a
E _ .
sponge.
_ _ Don't you worry, get dressed, cried my mother.
_ as she plied me with bourbon
A so sour.
_ _ _
E Well you're sizing up, put your suit on,
D comb your long
A hair down.
E for you will
A be wet in
E the hour.
_ _ _ So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged.
_ _ There's a pain where there once
A was a heart.
_ _
E I'm sleeping, it's abating,
D can't you please
A take it out.
And
E preserve it
A right there in
E that jar.
_ Yep!
_ _ .
_ _
Am _ _
F# _ _ .
_
Bm _ _
A Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged.
_ _ There's a pain where there once
D was a heart.
_
A It's sleeping, it's abating,
G can't you please
D tear it out.
A And preserve it
D right there in
A that jar.
_ _ I was trembling as I put on my jacket.
_ _ It had creases as sharp
D as _ _ _ a knife.
I
A put the ring in my pocket,
G but there was a
D note.
A in my heart, it
D jumped into
A my mouth.
_ It read,.
Darling, _ _ _ it hurts you to _ _ _ _ _ speak to your
D face,.
_ _ but
A I'm down in Virginia
G with your
D cousin Lou.
A There'll be
D no wedding _
A today.
_ _ _ So help me, please doctor, _ I'm damaged.
_ _ You can put back my heart,
D it is old.
_ _
A Oh mama, I'm crying,
G _ .
tears
D are running.
A and my heart is
D now under _
A control.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
B _ _ _ _ _ .
_
A _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ .