Asus2         Em                                      Asus2
Old man down, Way down down, down by the docks of the city.
Asus2            Em                                       Asus2
Blind and dirty, Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee.
  Em              D                           Asus2
I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story.

[Verse 2]
   Asus2                      Em                                     Asus2
My name is August West, And I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine.
Asus2              Em                                           Asus2
More than my wine, More than my maker, though he's no friend of mine.

[Verse 3]
Asus2              Em                                        Asus2
Everyone said, I'd come to no good, I knew I would Pearly, believe them.
Asus2              Em                                              Asus2
Half of my life, I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime
    Em                  D                         Asus2
The other half found me stumbling a-round drunk on Burgundy wine

[Bridge] (3/4 time)
G            D    G/D  D        A              D     G/D   D
But I'll get back         on my feet again someday,
    C         G        C   G      G         D     Dsus4   D
The good Lord willin',         if He says I may.
  D             Asus4  Asus4   A      A          Em     Em   A
I know that the life              I'm livin's no good,
     Asus4     A      Asus2  A             A      Em
I'll get a new start,             live the life I should.

[Break] (Back to 4/4 time)
Em                                                  Asus2
I'll get up and fly away, I'll get up and fly away, fly away.

[Verse 4]
Asus2               Em                           Asus2
Pearly's been true, True to me, true to my dyin' day he said,
  Asus2        Em                                   Asus2
I said to him, I said to him, "I'm sure she's been."
Em                  D               Asus2
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you."

[Verse 5]
  Asus2                Em                                        Asus2
I got up and wandered, Wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around.
Asus2            Em                                        Asus2
I've got a girl, Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me.
  Em                   D               Asus2
I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me.