Shorty George chords by Leadbelly

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
     C                C7
Well-a, Shorty George, ain't no friend of mine
     F                 C
Well-a, Shorty George, ain't no friend of mine
    G                G7  C
He'sa taken all the women and left the men behind

Chorus:
    C                C7
Well, my Papa died when I was just a lad,
  F              C
My papa died when I was just a lad
     G          G7     C
And ever since that day, I been to the bad

Verse:
     C                    C7
Got a letter from my baby, I couldn't read from crying
    F                     C
Got a letter from my baby, I couldn't read from crying
       G                  G7  C
She said my mama weren't dead yet, but she was slowly dying

Chorus:
     C              C7
Well, I took my mama to the burying ground
 F               C
I took my mama to the burying ground
     G               G7  C
I never knowed I loved her till that coffin sound

     C                        C7
Yes, I went down to the graveyard, peeped in my my mama's face
   F                        C
Yes, I went down to the graveyard, peeped in my mama's face
  G                  G7  C
"Ain't it hard to see you in this lonesome place?"