[Refrão]
 
E                  B7        E 
Love, oh, love oh care-less love. 
                             B7 
Love, oh, love oh care-less love. 
E          E7        A 
Love, oh, love, oh, care-less love, 
     E                 B7     E 
You see what love has done to me. 


[Verso 1]
 
E                  B7   E 
I love my mama and papa too, 
                        B7 
I love my mama and papa too, 
E                   E7    A 
I love my mama and papa too, 
     E                 B7     E 
I'd leave them both to go with you. 



[Verso 2]
 
E                    B7   E 
What, oh what, will mama say, 
                          B7 
What, oh what, will mama say, 
E          E7        A 
What, oh what, will mama say, 
     E                 B7     E 
When she learns I've gone astray. 



[Verso 3]
 
E                 B7  E 
Once I wore my apron low, 
                      B7 
Once I wore my apron low, 
E               E7    A 
Once I wore my apron low, 
   E                B7               E 
I couldn't scarely keep you from my door. 


[Verso 4]
 
E               B7          E 
Now my apron strings don't pin, 
                            B7 
Now my apron strings don't pin, 
E      E7                   A 
Now my apron strings don't pin, 
     E                    B7     E 
You pass my door and you don't come in. 


[Refrão]

E                  B7        E 
Love, oh, love oh care-less love. 
                             B7 
Love, oh, love oh care-less love. 
E          E7        A 
Love, oh, love, oh, care-less love, 
     E                 B7     E 
You see what love has done to me. 


[Verso 5]
 
E                  B7       E 
Don't you marry a railroad man, 
                            B7 
Don't you marry a railroad man, 
E           E7       A 
A railroad man will kill you if he can, 
            E           B7                 E 
and he'll drink your blood, drink it like wine. 


[Refrão]

E                  B7        E 
Love, oh, love oh care-less love. 
                             B7 
Love, oh, love oh care-less love. 
E          E7        A 
Love, oh, love, oh, care-less love, 
     E                 B7     E 
You see what love has done to me.