Intro: F

F (133211@1)                BbCars (x1333x@1)lined up the street
     Dm (xx0231@1)             FA (133211@1)procession for the thief
     F (133211@1)                       BbThe (x1333x@1)men were restless and the women howled
    Dm (xx0231@1)                 FAs (133211@1)they professed their grief

Dm (xx0231@1)            FA (133211@1)smoke was lying on his lips
            Bb (x1333x@1)         CAnd (x32010@1)in his hand a rusty flask
F (133211@1)                 DmEven (xx0231@1)in death he'd forced a smile
                                C (x32010@1)             FI (133211@1)oughta give him his dues for going out like that

Interlude: 
F Dm F Bb
Dm x2  F x2
F Bb Dm Bb
Dm x2  F x2

F (133211@1)                               
When you've walked through the valley
         BbSaw (x1333x@1)the face of death
            DmAnd (xx0231@1)you've paid your debts 
      Bb (x1333x@1)                    Dm (xx0231@1)Well then, is there anything left
Bb (x1333x@1)                 F (133211@1) Is there anything left
           Dm (xx0231@1)     BbWhen (x1333x@1)you've settled up
                   FIs (133211@1)there anything left

F (133211@1)                 BbI (x1333x@1)came to pay a false courtesy
    Dm (xx0231@1)                BbSo (x1333x@1)you couldn't get the best of me
         Dm (xx0231@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)                      FBut (133211@1)the grief hung in the air and mingled with the sweat
      Dm (xx0231@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)                       FI (133211@1)presumed to know your inner workings, but I just wept

Bb (x1333x@1)                         FI (133211@1)never thought much about the man
                     C (x32010@1)     FHe (133211@1)was always just drifting along
       BbBut (x1333x@1)a couple hours in
                  FWe (133211@1)were drunk as sin
       Dm (xx0231@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       FI (133211@1)was wrong, I was wrong about him
        Dm (xx0231@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)           FI (133211@1)came around, I came around, I came around

F (133211@1)            BbI (x1333x@1)took you for a hanger-on
        Dm (xx0231@1)                 FBut (133211@1)the way those folks all wept
     F (133211@1)                BbYou (x1333x@1)must've been doing something right
             Dm (xx0231@1)        FTo (133211@1)move the company you kept

Bb (x1333x@1)                    FThe (133211@1)drinks kept coming and I loosed my tongue
       Dm (xx0231@1)            C (x32010@1)  
And I talked a little shit
          F (133211@1)                      BbBut (x1333x@1)your friends just laughed and chimed right in
         Dm (xx0231@1)                    FTelling (133211@1)yarns so good it made me quit

Bb (x1333x@1)                         FI (133211@1)never thought much about the man
                     C (x32010@1)     FHe (133211@1)was always just drifting along
       BbBut (x1333x@1)a couple hours in
                  FWe (133211@1)were drunk as sin
       Dm (xx0231@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       FI (133211@1)was wrong, I was wrong about him
        Dm (xx0231@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)           FI (133211@1)came around, I came around, I came around

Bb (x1333x@1)              FThe (133211@1)room started reeling
Bb (x1333x@1)       FI (133211@1)got the feeling I read you wrong
Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)        BbThen (x1333x@1)another bottle of gin
Bb (x1333x@1)              F (133211@1)    BbBreak (x1333x@1)out the bar brawl again
Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)        CYou (x32010@1)were the reason for them

F (133211@1)             BbBy (x1333x@1)the time the sun was at its feet
     Dm (xx0231@1)            FEverybody (133211@1)there was pissed
           F (133211@1)                     BbAnd (x1333x@1)I can say with some degree of certainty
         Dm (xx0231@1)            FThe (133211@1)old bastard will be missed
Bb (x1333x@1)            F (133211@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)              CI (x32010@1)thought your life was nothing more than one long grift
      F (133211@1)                  DmNow (xx0231@1)I sit weeping by your coffin
             Bb (x1333x@1)         FClutching (133211@1)a bottle in my fist

Dm (xx0231@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)           FI (133211@1)came around, I came around, I came around x 6

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