Make Me a Pallet on the Floor

Gillian Welch

Key of C · Chords: I III IV V v

Intro

C/G

Verse 1

F                             C/G
Make me down a pallet on your floor
F                             G    G Gmaj7 G7
Make me down a pallet on your floor
C/G     E7     F
Make me down a pallet soft and low
C/G                  G              C/G
When I'm broke an' I got nowhere to go

Verse 2

     F                                          C/G
Been hangin' around with a good time friends of mine
F                                          G   G Gmaj7 G7
Hangin' around with a good time friends of mine
C/G      E7       F
Oh, they treat me very nice and kind
C/G             G            C/G
When I've got a dollar and a dime

Verse 3

F                        C/G
Weary blues everywhere I see
F                           G  G Gmaj7 G7
Weary in blues everywhere I see
C/G   E7            F
Weary blues, honey, everywhere I see
C/G         G                  C/G
No one ever had the blues like me

Verse 4

F                                       C/G
Way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired
F                                       G    G Gmaj7 G7
Way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired
C/G  E7        F
Come tomorrow, I'll be satisfied
   C/G              G              C/G
If I can catch that fast train and ride

Verse 5

    F                             C/G
So, make me down a pallet on your floor
F                             G    G Gmaj7 G7
Make me down a pallet on your floor
C/G     E7     F
Make me down a pallet soft and low
C/G                   G              C/G
Babe, I'm broke and I got nowhere to go