A7 Come away; C#7 teach me, sweetheart. A7 Come on past, C#7 brave young bachelors. D I'm alone; E teach me, sweetheart. A Bm My mother in law was standing by the stove C#m hissing like a snake, hissing like a snake, E hissing like a snake. She gave orders to spill my blood; she gave orders to spill my blood, I thought. A7 C#7 I thought, I thought, and I thought some more. Come away; teach me sweetheart. Come on past, brave young bachelors. I'm alone; teach me, sweetheart. My father in law was lying on his bed growling like a dog, growling like a dog, growling like a dog. He gave orders to spill my blood; he gave orders to spill my blood, I thought. I thought, I thought, and I thought some more. Come away; teach me sweetheart. Come on past, brave young bachelors. I'm alone; teach me, sweetheart. My sister in law was sitting on her stoop crawing like a crow, crawing like a crow, crawing like a crow. She gave orders to spill my blood; she gave orders to spill my blood, I thought. C#m Cm Bm E My brother in law was leaning on the love-seat tapping with his tail, tapping with his tail, purring like a cat. He gave orders to spill my blood; he gave orders to spill my blood, I thought.