Traditional (lyrics as sung by Bessie)
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]Love, oh love, oh careless [D]love
[G]Love, oh love, oh [C]careless love
[G]See what [D]careless love has [G]done
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]You've fly through my head like [D]wine
[G]You've wrecked the life of a [C]many poor girl
[G]And you [D]nearly spoiled this life of [G]mine
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[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]In your clutches of de[D]sire
[G]You've made me break a [C]many true vow
[G]Then you [D]set my soul on [G]fire
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]All my happiness be[D]reft
[G]You've filled my heart with [C]weary old blues
[G]Now I'm [D]walkin', talkin' to my[G]self
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]Trusted you now, it's too [D]late
[G]You've made me throw my [C]old friend down
[G]That's why [D]I sing this song of [G]hate
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]Night and day, I weep and [D]moan
[G]You brought the wrong man into this [C]life of mine
[G]For my [D]sins, till judgment I'll a[G]tone
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]Love, oh love, oh careless [D]love
[G]Love, oh love, oh [C]careless love
[G]See what [D]careless love has [G]done
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]You've fly through my head like [D]wine
[G]You've wrecked the life of a [C]many poor girl
[G]And you [D]nearly spoiled this life of [G]mine
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[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]In your clutches of de[D]sire
[G]You've made me break a [C]many true vow
[G]Then you [D]set my soul on [G]fire
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]All my happiness be[D]reft
[G]You've filled my heart with [C]weary old blues
[G]Now I'm [D]walkin', talkin' to my[G]self
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]Trusted you now, it's too [D]late
[G]You've made me throw my [C]old friend down
[G]That's why [D]I sing this song of [G]hate
[G]Love, oh [D]love, oh careless [G]love
[G]Night and day, I weep and [D]moan
[G]You brought the wrong man into this [C]life of mine
[G]For my [D]sins, till judgment I'll a[G]tone