The First Mrs. Jones Chords

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[Verse 1]
Mr[G]s. Jones, [C]Mr [G]s. Jones
[D]Her [G]real first name was Betty
But I'd rather just forget it
So I'll call her the first Mrs. [D]Jones
We were married in September
And it lasted till November,
when one day she [Am]just [D]took off on her [G]own.
I followed her to Savannah,
then Mobile,
and then Atlanta.
Every day I begged her,
please [D]come home.
Pretty soon I started drinkin'
Tryin' hard to keep from thinkin'
Just how much I loved the first Mrs. [G]Jones
It was cold and dark one mornin'
Just [C]before the day was [G]dawnin'
When I staggered from a
tavern to a phone
When she picked up her receiver
I said you're gonna come back
or either they're gonna be calling you
the late Mrs. Jones.
I put a pistol in my jacket
[D]stumbled out and hailed a
taxi told the taxi [Am]driver
to take [D]me to her home.
I remember walking proudly
and everybody said that I yelled out loudly come
on out I'm gonna come in, Mrs. Jones.
[G]The next thing I recalled
was walking through the forest,
looking for a place to hide [C]her bones.[G]
I dug and dug for hours,
and then I planted [C]flowers [G]right on [D]top
of [G]the first Mrs. [Eb]Jones.
Did [Ab]my little story scare you?
I [Eb]can [Ab]see, cause I'm so near you.
[Eb]Little beads[Ab] of perspiration
dot your [Eb]clothes.
Aren't you sorry now that you left me?
Really now, don't you want
to come go with me?
After all, you are the second Mrs. Jones.