Bb     Gm       Bb Gm  Bb  Bb°          Bb
                 EV-'RY-THING IS O- VER AND I'M FEEL-ING BAD,
                    Gm       Bb   Gm  C7           F7
                    I LOST THE BEST PAL THAT I EV-ER HAD;
                  Bb  Gm    Bb   Gm     Bb    Bb°     Bb
                 'TIS BUT A FORT-NIGHT, SINCE SHE WAS HERE,
                Dm    F                          C9   C° F7
                SEEMS LIKE SHE'S GONE THOUGH FOR TWEN-TY YEAR
                      F7                  Bb Bb° Bb
                      OH, HOW I MISS HER, MY OLD PAL,
                     F7                    Bb Bb° Bb
                     OH, HOW I'D KISS HER, MY GAL SAL;
             Bb          D7             Gm             D7
             FACE NOT SO HAND-SOME, BUT EYES DON'T YOU KNOW
          Eb    E°      Bb      Gm7      C7          F7
          THAT SHONE JUST AS BRIGHT, AS  THEY DID YEARS A-GO.

             Bb          Gm      Bb   Gm   Bb   Bb°        Bb
             BROUGHT HER LIT-TLE DAIN-TIES JUST A-FORE SHE DIED,
                               Gm        Bb   Gm  C7           F7
              (PROMISED) SHE WOULD MEET ME, ON THE OTHER SIDE;
             Bb         Gm    Bb    Gm   Bb        Bb°     Bb
             (TOLD HER) HOW I LOVED HER, SHE SAID:"I  KNOW JIM,"
                  Dm   F+      F               C7   C° F7
                  JUST DO YOUR BEST, LEAVE THE REST TO HIM;
                    F7                    Bb Bb° Bb
                    GENT-LY I PRESSED HER TO MY  BREAST,
                  F7                      Bb   Bb°  Bb
                  SOON SHE WOULD TAKE HER LAST LONG REST,
                   Bb            D7     G7         D7
                   SHE LOOKED AT ME AND MUR-MURED "PAL",
                     Eb   E°   Bb   Gm7     C7       F7
                 AND SOFT-LY I WHIS-PERED, "GOOD-BYE SAL."

                       F7   Bb         Eb     Ebm  Bb
                       THEY CALLED HER FRIV-O-LOUS SAL,
                        Bb           Eb      Ebm Bb
                        A PE-CUL-IAR SORT OF A   GAL,
                       D7
                       WITH A HEART THAT WAS MEL-LOW,
                    Gm                           C7     F7
                 AN ALL 'ROUND GOOD FEL-LOW, WAS MY OLD PAL;
                          Bb        Eb       Eb° Bb
                     YOUR TROU-BLES SOR-ROWS AND CARE,
                              D7                  Gm    Bb7
                    SHE WAS AL-WAYS WILL-ING TO SHARE,
                  Eb           Bb      F7  G7          Cm
                A WILD SORT OF DEV-IL, BUT DEAD ON THE LEV-EL
                               Cm7 C7 F7  Bb
                               WAS MY GAL SAL.