Intro: GVerse 1:
G D7 well, you walked that valley's grassy floor and climbed that hilly ridge G you stood there naked stung with fear and tippy-toed on the edge D7 well, you swung on a vine, you crawled in the dirt and made the river your best friend G you ate ev'rything from a skunk to perch and filled me up with Zen Em7 A7 well, you went to acapella and you sang Acapulco, danced on a coin C D you tied six Mexicans up in chains, then hitch-hiked to Des Moines G D7 you put the tube in the tub when you joined a club, and took the soles off your shoes Fmaj7 C G but, baby, there's one thing you forgot to doC you got to love me G more than the trees and stars high a-bove me C A7 you got to love me, love me, D7 C G D love me all the tiiiiiiiime, G if you wanna be mineVerse 2:
G D7 well, you turned my pockets inside out and my inside upside down G took fourteen reds and shaved your head and let a semi run you down D7 you filed your teeth and chromed your feet, shot a fifteen under par G prayed thirteen days in eighteen ways then gurued in a bar Em7 A7 well you slipped me a Mickey and you read James Dickey, drank up all my wine C D you did all that then drowned a bat and bought a Wurlitzer on time G D7 you ate barbecued stork with a spoon and a fork in a second-hand fun'ral plot, Fmaj7 C G but, baby, there's one thing you forgotMANDOLIN SOLO G D7 G D7 G Em7 A7 C D G D7 Fmaj7 C GC you got to love me G more than the trees and stars high a-bove me C you got to love me, A7 love me, D7 C G D love me all the tiiiiiiiime, N.C. G if you wanna be mineC you got to love me G more than the trees and stars high a-bove me C you got to love me, A7 love me, D7 C G D love me all the tiiiiiiiime,