Intro: BVerse 1:
B The old guitar picker had run out of liquor F# So I sat down beside him and bought him a drink F# Then I bought him another and finally some color B Returned to his cheeks and he said with a winkVerse 2:
B "Son, I worked with your daddy, I knew Ernest and ol' Lefty E I played on the Oprey back when it was strong F# But it's show-biz you know, sometimes it gets slow B F# So buy me another and I'll sing you a song"B F# "Be careful who you love, for love can be untrue E F# B Be careful who you love, be sure she loves you too"Verse 3:
B Well, you like it, I see and that's real pleasin' to me F# 'Cause Bocephus, I've wrote hundreds and some you know well F# I wrote and sold 'em, they bought 'em and stoled 'em B But paper is cheap, why they're just tunes, what the heckVerse 4:
B Then he tried to sell me the song he'd just song me F# I told him that song is a piece of your soul F# "Keep your song, here's some money", said Hank Jr "Bless you, son" B And I heard him singin' as I walked out the door F# He said, "Now Hank remember"B F# "Be careful who you love, for love can be untrue E F# B Be careful who you love, be sure she loves you too"Verse 5:
B Well, that was about a year ago and now friends wouldn't ya know F# The songs a big hit, some superstar claims he wrote F# He sings it and grins and the money rolls in B It's a wonder the words don't stick in his throatVerse 6:
B Now I think of that writer, his name was Arthur and I often wonder E Just how many hit songs he sold in his time F# And how many men take the gift that God gave 'em B F# And throw it away for the pretty red wine, quite a fewOutro B F# E F# B E F# BB F# "Be careful who you love, for love can be untrue E F# B Be careful who you love, be sure she loves you too"