C                  G7               C
Mama don't make me put on the dress again
        F                             C
I can't stand the way it opens when I spin
       F                                C            Fm
Ribbon bows around my shoulder, and I'm only getting older
C                  G7               C        G7 C G7
Mama don't make me put on the dress again

[Verse 2]
C                   G7         C
Daddy don't make me fancy dance around
F                                 C
Painted up in that make-up like a clown
     F                            C                 Fm  
If I see another stocking, lord I swear to God, I'm walking, lord
C                   G7          C   
Daddy don't make me fancy dance around

[Chorus]
         F                         C
When I'm coming home alone for the hundredth time or so
        G7                               C
It gets harder on my hard earned money’s dime
       F                            C           Fm
To the bottle in my basket, will it answer if I ask it:
Am             G7         C       G7 C G7
Doing right or am I doing time?

[Verse 3]
C                   G7           C
Lover don't make me hit the road again
      F                              C
I can barely feel your fingers on my skin
         F
I've been booking every city
        C                Fm
Looking sad, but looking pretty, looking...
C                   G7               C
Lover don't make me hit the road the again

[Verse 4]
C                      G7                  C
Brother, don't make me tell you where I've been
F                                 C
Running around in circles made of sin
          F
I've been drinking like my daddy
             C            Fm
And he ain't ever had his last one, had he?
C                      G7                  C
Brother, don't make me tell you where I've been

[Chorus]
         F                         C
When I'm coming home alone for the hundredth time or so
        G7                               C
It gets harder on my hard earned money’s dime
       F                            C           Fm
To the bottle in my basket, will it answer if I ask it:
Am             G7         C
Doing right or am I doing time?

[Interlude]
F C G7 C 
F C Fm Am G7 C

[Bridge]
G7                              C
Farther from my home the more I wish it
F                    C               G7
The longer I’ve been gone the more I miss it
F
Ribbon bows around my shoulder
C                    Fm
And I swear I’m only getting older
C                  G7               C         
Mama don’t make me put on the dress again

[Chorus]
         F                         C
When I'm coming home alone for the hundredth time or so
        G7                               C
It gets harder on my hard earned money’s dime
       F                            C           Fm
To the bottle in my basket, will it answer if I ask it:
Am             G7         C
Doing right or am I doing time?
Am             G7         C
Doing right or am I doing time?

[Outro]

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