Gm _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
I saw the light on the night that I
D passed by her window.
C I _ _ .
Gm _ saw the flickering shadows of
Am love on her blind.
C She
D _ .
G _ _ _ _ _ .
Cm was my woman.
_ As
Gm she deceived
D me I watched and went out
Gm of my mind.
F _ _ _ .
Bb _ _ I'm all
F in your lie love, _ _ _ why, why.
_
A _ .
Bb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ I could see
Eb that girl was no
Cm good for me.
Bb But I was lost
F on a slave that
Bb no man could
D free _ _ .
Gm At break of day when that man drove away
D I was weeping.
C _ _
D.
Gm I crossed the street to her house and she
D opened the door _ _ _ _ .
G _ _ _ _ She
Cm stood there with me _ .
Gm I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more.
F _ _ _ .
Bb _ _ _ _ _ .
F Forgive me my _ love, why, _ why.
A _ _ _ .
Bb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
So _ before
Eb they come to break
Cm down the door.
Bb Forgive me my
F love, I just couldn't take
Bb it anymore.
D _ _ _ .
Gm _ _ _ _ _ _ .
D _ _ _ _ _
Gm _ .
_ _ _ _ _ .
D She _ _ _ _ _ .
G _ _ _ stood
Cm there with _ me.
Gm I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no _
F more _ _ .
Bb _ My my, _ _
F forgive me my love, _ _ why, why.
_ _
A _ .
Bb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ So before
Gm they come to break
Cm down the door.
Bb Forgive me my love,
F I just couldn't
Bb take it anymore _ _ _ .
Gm Forgive me my love,
D I just couldn't take
Gm _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
Gm _ _ _
N it anymore.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .