Key: C 🎸 Intro: C Bm Am C Bm 🎸 Verse 1: Em D Am Sister Bessie, don't you say no prayer for me C Bm Am A slow boat's gonna lead me where I'm bound Em D Am I'm for to travel far across the distant seas C Bm Em My destiny will lead me where I'm bound
🎸 Chorus: Em D Am Only a child, and with a sweet child's tender heart C Bm Am Waiting for someone to call you mine Em D Am How do you keep your faith when you are always falling? Yes I'm falling C D Em How do you find a way to keep from crying? 🎸 Verse 2: Am G Bessie, don't you weep Bessie, don't you moan F#m Em You stole my heart in oh so many ways Am G But the woman who stole my soul has taken all I have F#m Bm And left me here alone and in a daze Em Bessie, don't you weep no more 🎸 Chorus: Em D Am Only a child, and with a sweet child's tender heart C Bm Am Waiting for someone to call you mine Em D Am How do you keep your faith when you are always falling? Yes I'm falling C D Em How do you find a way to keep from crying? 🎸 Verse 3: Am G Bessie, don't you weep Bessie, don't you moan F#m Em You stole my heart in oh so many ways Am G But the woman who stole my soul has taken all I have F#m Bm And left me here alone and in a daze Em C Bm Am C Bm Em Bessie, don't you weep no more