[C]Takes a rocking chair to rock, takes a rubber ball to roll
Takes the man I love to [C7, optional] satisfy my soul,
Because I'm [F]jealous, jealous-hearted [C]me
I said I'm [G7]jealous, jealous as I can [C] be.

Compare Charley Lincoln's "Jealous Hearted Blues," on Columbia 14305-D, recorded in 1927, several years before the Carters did this for Decca.