http://www.chathamcountyline.com/ "Crop Comes In" Chatham County Line Capo 2 G Am > C Sweet Marie I can hardly Wait G Am > C Theres gas in the tank, tonights are fate G Am > C Let us not part souls by the porches light G Am > C D Let's go out together into the night G Am > C She said her friend Peter had a steady wage G Am > C A home for two, numbers on the page G Am > C Well I thought for a while and that's when she spoke G Am > C D And the words as they started I thought were a joke, she said Chorus: G Am Come see me when your crop comes in C D (When the water's high you can afford to spend) G Am I'm high on the cotton and my dress is fine C D (And I'd spend it all if you could be mine) G Am I'm not the kind of woman that's bound to lose C D G So don't come around with your poor boy blues Verse II: G Cm She was sore from the moment she picked up G Cm A plastic fork and a paper cup G Am C But She laughed at my jokes and she sure could smile G Am D Something cheap as love should last a while, she said Chorus D G Does a diamond really talk that loud Am C Does just love not make you proud D Am When you've got all you can use C D Don't bore me with your rich girl blues Verse III: G Am > C Well Sweet Marie I can hardly wait G Am > C Back when I thought you were my fate G Am > C But a diamond told you to walk that aisle G Am > C D Even though you could have been, could have been my style Chorus