G
I slipped out of the house about sundown
      C                      G
While mama was a washing her hair

And you can bet your bottom dollar

She'll come looking for me
A7                            D7
When she'll find that I'm not there
    G
And if she catches her sweet thang running around
  C                             G
I know there'll be the devil to pay
      C                                        G            C
Cause she'll come blowing like a cyclone right through that door
      G            D7          G
And I hear exactly what she'll say

[Chorus]
         G
Well has anybody here see sweet thang
        C                          G
I got a notion he'll be headed this way

Cause when my sweet thang's out tomcatting around
A7                           D7
Finds a sandbox like this to play
  G
I wanna warn all you barroom roses
      C                         G
If my sweet thang does happen by
      C                            G               C
You'd better take my advice if you blink more than twice
      G                     D7      G
You'd better have something in your eyes

[Verse]
          G
I gave my baby all my money on payday
       C                              G
Except a little she don't know that I got

Cause there's a little cute waitress down at the corner cafe
A7                               D7
And she seems to like me quite a lot
   G
We were sitting in the back booth just a having a chat
        C                             G
And she believed in every word that I said
     C                       G           C
When that door blew open and mama walked in
        G              D7       G
Yelling loud enough to wake the dead

And she said

[Chorus]
         G
Well has anybody here see sweet thang
        C                          G
I got a notion he'll be headed this way

Cause when my sweet thang's out tomcatting around
A7                           D7
Finds a sandbox like this to play
  G
I wanna tell all you barroom roses
      C                         G
If my sweet thang does happen by

[Repeat]
      C                            G               C
You'd better take my advice if you blink more than twice
      G                     D7      G
You'd better have something in your eyes