D                B 
All quiet on the western front 
     Gm        D 
He's wondering why 
D              B  
He ain't got a letter  
         Gm   D 
From his army bride 
     D              B 
Well shes got a new lover 
          Gm           D 
One who's right by her side 
     D              B 
Just waiting on the call to hear 
         Gm           D 
That her poor soldier died 


             Gm 
She says the cotton  
           Am 
Would grow high 
             D  B  Gm  D 
On his grave 
               Gm 
But I hope the cotton  
          Am 
Does grow dry 
             D  B  Gm  D 
For his sake 


            D                         B 
There was a pretty little girl with a pocket book 
          Gm          D 
Who met a mean little man 
    D               B 
She married him for love 
       Gm              D 
But he proposed with a plan 
        D                          B 
See her daddy's got a whole lot of money 
                   Gm         D 
But Daddy's Little Girl can't swim 
           D                         B 
He's gonna take her to the lake real late tonight  
    Gm       D 
and push her in 



             Gm 
He says the cotton  
           Am 
Would grow high 
             D  B  Gm  D 
On her grave 
               Gm 
But I hope the cotton  
          Am 
Does grow dry 
             D  B  Gm  D 
For her sake 


Gm              Am 
You can have my life insurance 
Gm                    Am       Bm  Am 
If you take me by the hand 
Gm                     Am 
Promise me that you'll really love me  
Gm                 Am          Bm  Dm 
Back for the right reasons  
       D,B,Gm,D (2x) 
Reasons