Give him one more as he goes    (video)

 

    E - B7 - E - A - B7 - E

 

               E

1. My sweetheart is a shy little miss,

                                  B7

    and one I fondly adore,

               E                        A

    and when you ask her for a kiss,

              B7                                     E

    she'll give you just one and no more.

 

           E

She'll give you just one and no more,

                                                   B7

she'll give you just one and no more,

           E                        A

and when you ask her for a kiss,

          B7                                      E

she'll give you just one and no more.

 

+  E - B7 - E - A - B7 - E

 

             E

2. Her dad was a feelin’ old man,

                                               B7

    he always had a feelin’ for me.

              E                           A

    I can tell you when this feelin’ began,

                     B7                               E

    when his daughter I first went to see.

 

              E

3. I was bidding my sweetheart good night,

                                               B7

    in the usual manner you know,

                   E                                        A

    when a voice from the house said, stick him, towse,

           B7                                       E

    and give him one more as he goes.

 

        E

And give him one more as he goes,

                                                 B7

and give him one more as he goes.

               E                                         A

When a voice from the house said, stick him, towse,

        B7                                      E

and give him one more as he goes.

 

+  E - B7 - E - A - B7 - E

 

               E

4. It was over the garden wall,

                                                 B7

    in a manner I'll tell you not slow,

               E                                            A

    he exclaimed with a swear and his foot smote the air,

                B7                                      E

    and I'll give him one more as he goes.

 

      E

I'll give him one more as he goes,

                                               B7

I'll give him one more as he goes.

            E                                           A

He exclaimed with a swear and his foot smote the air,

             B7                                     E

and I'll give him one more as he goes.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Carter Family)