Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Gillian Welch

Traditional

Key of D · Chords: I IV V ii

Verse 1

G                             D
Make me down a pallet on your floor
G                             D
Make me down a pallet on your floor
D       A      Em                 G
Make me down a pallet soft and low
D                    A              D
When I’m broke an’ I got nowhere to go

Verse 2

G                                              D
Been hangin’ around with the good time friends of mine
G                                            D
Hangin’ around with the good time friends of mine
D        A        Em                G
Oh, they treat me very nice and kind
D                      A         D
When I’ve got a dollar and a dime

Verse 3

G                            D
Weary blues are everywhere I see
G                            D
Weary blues are everywhere I see
D     A      Em                  G
Weary blues, honey, everywhere I see
D               A              D
No one ever had the blues like me

Verse 4

G                                       D
Way I’m sleepin’, my back and shoulders tired
G                                       D
Way I’m sleepin’, my back and shoulders tired
D    A         Em      G
Come tomorrow, I’ll be satisfied
D                   A              D
If I can catch that fast train and ride

Verse 5

G                                 D
So, make me down a pallet on your floor
G                             D
Make me down a pallet on your floor
D       A      Em              G
Make me down a pallet soft and low
D                     A              D
Babe, I’m broke an’ I got nowhere to go