E   B   E   B

[Verse 1]
  E              A                   E     B
I gave my love a diamond, a ten cent stone
                                       B7    E
I gave her lonely teardrops and nights alone
                 E7      A
I gave my love a promise  that had no truth
  E            B           A     E
What good is a promise without no truth?

[Interlude]
E   A B

[Verse 2]
E                A                     E    B
I gave my love a fortune in silver and gold
                                                        B7   E
I gave it to her lie, by lie, by lie, by lie that I had told
                       A
I gave my love a story that had no end
         E         B         A      E
What good  is a story that's got no end? Tell me..

[Interlude]
E   A B  E   A B

[Verse 3]
E           A
I wrote her that we would marry
                      E    B
In about, a-one years time
                                            E
I wrote her in a boxcar on the Memphis Line
                       A
I sent my love a letter  without no stamp, ha
         E            B       A      E
And what good is a letter without no stamp?

[Outro]
E             A  B
   Good-bye baby
               E    A
I'm feelin' so alone
    B         E
I'm movin' on
  A            B     E      A
I ain't got no small change
          B            E         A
And don't call me, I'll call you
B       E
See ya!