Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed chords

[VERSE 1]
Did you ever sleep at the foot of the bed when the [Bb]weather was a whizzin’ [F]cold ?
When the wind was a whistlin’ around the house and the[G7] moon was yellow as[C7] gold.
You [F]give your good warm mattress up to [Bb]Lizzy and Uncle [F]Fred
…[Bb]Too many kin folks [F]on a bad night so you [C7]went to the foot of the [F]bed.

[VERSE 2]
[F] I could always wait till the old folks et’ and [Bb]eat the leavins’ with [F]grace
The teacher could keep me after school I’d [G7]still have a smile on my [C7]face
I could[F] wear the big boys worn out clothes or let [Bb]sister have my[F] plate
But [Bb]it always did get my [F]nanny goat to [C7]sleep at the foot of the [F]bed.

[VERSE 3]
[F]It was fine enough when the kin folks come, and the [Bb]kids brought brand new [F]games
You could see how fat all the old folks was, and [G7]learn all the baby’s [C7]names,
Have[F] biscuits and custard and chicken pie, We [Bb]all got Sunday[F] fed,
But I [Bb]knew darn well when[F] night time come, I was [C7]headed for the foot of the[F] bed.

[VERSE 4]
[F]They say some folks don’t know what it is, havin’ [Bb]company all over the[F] place,
To wrap up in a cover on a winter night with a[G7] big foot sittin’ in your [C7]face
Or [F]cold toenails scratchin’ your back and the [Bb]footboard scrubbin’ your[F] head.
I’ll [Bb]tell the world you ain’t [F]lost a thing never [C7]sleepin’ at the foot of the[F] bed.

[VERSE 5]
[F] I’ve done it over and over again in this [Bb]land of the brave and the [F]free,
And in this all fired battle of life it’s [G7]left it’s mark on [C7]me,
For I’ve [F]always struggled around at the foot in -[Bb] stead of forgin’[F] ahead,
And I [Bb]don’t think it’s caused from a[F] doggoned thing but[C7] sleepin’ at the foot of the[F] bed.