Sawmill — Mel Tillis
Chords and lyrics for Sawmill by Mel Tillis (key of D).
Verse 1
[D]Well once I was a slave at the [G]sawmill
[D]Talk about a poor boy talk about a poor boy
Never saw a [G]dollar [D]bill
My work was so hard at the [G]sawmill
[D]Think about a poor boy think about a poor boy
When you go to [G]write your [D]will
Chorus
Well [G]see my teardrops falling down
My wife left this sawmill town
She said the sawmill life had been a [A7]sin...
N.C.
Cause the gravy was too thin
I [D]can't work no more at the [G]sawmill
[D]Mercy on a poor boy mercy on a poor boy
Let me have a [G]dollar [D]bill
Verse 2
If you bring your wife to the [G]sawmill
Well [D]how you gonna please her how you gonna please her
When she wants a [G]dollar [D]bill
They're not satisfied at the [G]sawmill
[D]Women like a dollar women like a dollar
Yes and women [G]always [D]will
Chorus
Well [G]see my teardrops falling down
My wife left this sawmill town
She said the sawmill life had been a [A7]sin...
N.C.
Cause the gravy was too thin
I [D]can't work no more at the [G]sawmill
[D]Mercy on a poor boy mercy on a poor boy
Let me have a [G]dollar [D]bill
Tag
[D]Mercy on a poor boy mercy on a poor boy
Let me have a [G]dollar [D]bill
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