[ Don't Make Me Go To Bed von Roy Acuff ]


Capo: 1st Fret  Key: Eb  Play: D

    D                    G 
 A laughing baby boy one evening in his play
  A7                                    D 
 Disturbed the household with his noisy glee
                     D7           G 
 I warned him to be quiet but he soon would disobey
      A7                              D 
 For he would soon forget a word from me


    D                               G 
 I called him to my side and said, "Now son you go to bed
   A7                           D 
 Your conduct has been very, very rude"
                      D7                       G 
 With quivering lips and tear filled eyes he pleaded then with me
       A7                              D 
 "Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good."


Chorus:
  D                     A7 
 Don't Papa and I'll be good
                         D 
 Don't Papa and I'll be good"
                         D7          G 
 That's what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day
        A7                            D 
 "Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good."


    D                                     G 
 Our lives have just been gladdened by his bright ascending beam
   A7                             D 
 Our boy now in our hearts was very dear
                      D7                   G 
 We hastened to his bed one night he was talking in his sleep
       A7                              D 
 He didn't seem to know that we were near.


    D                                     G 
 I took him in my arms and found his body "raked" with pain
   A7                                D 
 To ease the pain we did the best we could
                      D7           G 
 It broke my heart to hear him cryin' loudly in his sleep
       A7                              D 
 "Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good."


          D                                  G 
 All night and day we watched and prayed, we never left his side
   A7                              D 
 To give him up it seemed we never could
                      D7                  G 
 It broke my heart to hear him crying just before he died
       A7                              D 
 "Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good."


 Chorus:
  D                     A7 
 Don't Papa and I'll be good
                         D 
 Don't Papa and I'll be good"
                         D7          G 
 That's what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day
        A7                            D 
 "Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good."