Big Harlan Taylor

E E A E I once had a sweetheart the fairest of maidens E F#7 B7 She outshined all others that I'd known by far E A E I had me a friend big fella Named Big Harlan Taylor E B7 E Harlan had a rubber tired new shiny car A E B E All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman A E B7 E If I figured them all up it could take many years E B E E A E By the wants of a woman she fell for Big Harlan E F#7 B7 I tried but in vain for to take my own life E A E Suddenly I had lost all my will to keep living E B7 E She'd lost her desire to become my young wife A E B E All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman A E B7 E If I figured them all up it could take many years E B E E A E Well I wanted revenge and way laid for Big Harlan E F#7 B7 Then I started wondering what good would it do E A E If a rubber tired new shiny car's her ambition E B7 E And I just let her have it and Big Harlan too A E B E All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman A E B7 E If I figured them all up it could take many years A E B7 E If I figured them all up ’twould take many years