My Wife Went Away And Left Me
Charlie Poole

3/3 time in D

D
My wife went away and she left me
D                       A
Out in this wide world alone
A
Sadness and gladness she left me
A                       D
She left a doggone good home
D
I wrote her a letter last Tuesday
D                G 
Sealed it with a kiss
G                         D
The answer came back next morning
D   A                       D
And what she said to me was this:

D
When the groc'ry man puts sand in the sugar
D                             A
The milkman makes milk out of chalk
A
Boys stay home with their mothers
A                   D
Women forget how to talk
D
When the ocean turns into corn whiskey
D                           G 
The railroad runs under the sea
G                                       D
And the man in the moon comes down in a balloon
D    A                          D
Then darling, I'll come back to thee

D
I sat down and wrote her another
D                 G
Sealed it with my fist
G                          D
The answer was mailed next morning
D   A                      D
And what I said to her was this

D
When the moon turns into an apple
D                          A
And a rainbow turns into a vine
A
They build a steeple to heaven
A                          D
The stars they all fail to shine
D
When the ocean turns into rye whiskey
D                        G
Makes glasses to see the wind
G                                D
When the girls quit using powder and paint
D    A                      D
Then darling, I'll ask you again