I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow

Written by A.P. Carter

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

    C
I’m a’going to leave this country
          G7     C
I a’going around this world
    C
I’m going to leave this country
                G7  C
For the sake of one little girl

Verse 2

Well she told me that she loved me
And it caused my poor heart grief
Now she’s got her back turned on me
And she’s courting whoever she please

Verse 3

Well I lost my money at gambling
And I lost my name you see
I am nobody’s darling
And nobody cares for me

Verse 4

Don’t you hear my banjo a’ringing
                    G7       C
Don’t you hear it’s mournful sound
      F                     C
Don’t you hear those pretty girls laughing
                G7   C
Standing on the cold frosty ground

Verse 5

Well I’ll hang my head in sorrow
               G7   C
I will hang my head and cry
I’ll hang my head in sorrow
              G7     C
As my darling passes by

Verse 6

I ain’t gonna work tomorrow
And I may not work next day
I ain’t gonna work tomorrow
            G7  C
For it be a wet rainy day