Bella Bae

Capo: 2nd fret
 
[Intro]
Em C G D x2
Em
 

[Verse 1]
Em
Well I tell you all about a friend of mine
C              G
Perhaps you've heard her name?
G
She strapped a pistol on her hip
                         D
And she caught a Georgia Train

 
[Verse 2] 
Em
And on that train rode Dolly Jones
C                  G
Best friend at her side
G
Well little did they know that night,
                             D
this ride would change their life
                             Em
this ride would change their life
 

[Verse 3]
Em
well it started off slow, A'smoking and a'drinking
C                 G
Riding on the CSX Line
G
They was singing loud and speaking proud
                       D
but soon they would be crying
                   Em
Soon they would be crying

 
[Verse 4]
Em
Well the very next day, in a Hum Bum Jungle
C                     G
an old tramp giving lip
G
And anxious to prove that she was hard
                      D
somebody was bound to slip
                       Em
And bella was first to grip

 
[Chorus]
C             G
Bella Bae, oh Bella Bae
                      D
you made your life so hard
 
Shot a man in Georgia,
C                     G
down in the old train yard
C             G
Bella Bae, oh Bella Bae
                  D
its time to start again
 
Forget about ol' Georgia
C                        G
and ya come back to your kin
           C            D       Em
You've got to come back to your kin

 
[Solo]
Em Em Em

 
[Verse 5]
Em
Now everywhere I go, it's A'Bella Bae,
        C
She's a regular country star
G
And all around they play her songs
                     D
in all the towns and bars

 
[Verse 6]
Em
Fame can happen quick my friend
C
of this I am quite sure
G
well all these folks know who you are
                   D
but I know who you were
                 Em
oh I know who you were

 
[Chorus]
C             G
Bella Bae, oh Bella Bae
                      D
you made your life so hard
 
Shot a man in Georgia,
C                     G
down in the old train yard
C             G
Bella Bae, oh Bella Bae
                  D
its time to start again
 
Forget about ol' Georgia
C                        G
and ya come back to your kin
           C            D       Em
You've got to come back to your kin

 
[Solo]
Em Em Em

 
[Verse 7]
 Em
"Whatever happened to Dolly Jones?"
C             G
Many folks do ask
G
He just could not live with himself
                           D
and he couldn't escape the past

 
[Verse 8]
Em
So late one night in south St. Louis
C                            G
drinking from his granddad's flask
G
He decided that he'd end it all
                   D
He decided awfully fast
                        Em
And I heard his shotgun blast

 
[Chorus]
C             G
Bella Bae, oh Bella Bae
                      D
you made your life so hard
 
Shot a man in Georgia,
C                     G
down in the old train yard
C             G
Bella Bae, oh Bella Bae
                  D
its time to start again
 
Forget about ol Georgia
C                        G
and ya come back to your kin
           C            D       Em
You've got to come back to your kin
C             G
Bella Bae, oh Bella Bae
                   D
You live a life of fame
 
but those of us who know you best
C                G
know the life of shame
         C        D       Em
I got to know the life of shame