—Tennessee Ernie Ford
Trouble keeps hounding me heaven knows
Why can't I ever get a horn that blows
I'm gettin' sick and tired of all this grief
That woman of mine she ain't got no sense
She can pick my pocket through a high board fence
But I ain't gonna let it happen no more.
Chorus:
But I ain't gonna let it happen,
no I ain't gonna let it happen,
I ain't gonna let it happen no more
Well a lovin' woman is hard to find,
But I ain't gonna die with a worried mind
So I ain't gonna let it happen no more.
I paid for this and I paid for that
She gets the lean and I get the fat
I'm tellin' you friends I'm gettin' sick and tired
She only wants to see me when I get my pay
Then she calls somebody else to go out and play
But I ain't a gonna let it happen no more.
I bought two tickets for a show one night
She said "I wouldn't go with you to a rooster fight"
I don't know why I stand and take it like I do
But I guess I'll go on in the same old way
Until I stand at judgement day and say
I ain't a gonna let it happen no more.
Verse & Chorus:
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| I | IV | I – V | I |