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Version 1Sittin' On Top of the World - Howlin' Wolf [Intro] | E | E7 | A | Am | | E | F# B | E | E A | | E B | [Verse 1] E One summer day E E7 She went away A She gone 'n' left me Am She gone to stay E But now she gone F# B And I don't worry E Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world | E | A | E | B | [Verse 2] E Worked all a summer E E7 Worked all a fall A I had to take Christmas Am in my overalls E But now she's gone F# B And I don't worry E Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world [Instrumental] | E | E7 | A | Am | | E | F# B | E | E A | | E B | [Verse 3] E Goin' down to the freight yard E E7 Catch me a freight train A Gonna leave this town Am Work done gone too hard E But now she gone F# B And I don't worry E Because I'm sittin' on top of the world [Verse 4] E One summer day E E7 She went away A She gone 'n' left me Am She gone to stay E But now she gone F# B And I don't worry E Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world Doc Watson Version: ------------------- Was in the spring one sunny day My sweetheart left me Lord she went away And now she's gone And I don't worry Now Lord I'm sittin' on top of the world She called me up From down in El Paso She said come back daddy Oh, I need you so And now she's gone And I don't worry Now Lord I'm sittin' on top of the world If you don't like my peaches Don't shake my tree Get out of my orchard Let my peaches be And now she's gone And I don't worry Now Lord I'm sittin' on top of the world Now don't you come here runnin' Holdin' out your hand I'm gonna get me a woman Like you got your man And now she's gone And I don't worry Now Lord I'm sittin' on top of the world