Intro: E5 B5 E5 Now there's a singer everyone has heard E5 At night he turns into a mocking bird B5 If I whistle in the dark he'll do that too. E5 I met him on the road at the close of day G5 Talk like me, walk this way E5 B5 E5 I said "Mocking bird, you ain't no widowmaker". E5 And there is a singer everybody knows, E5 he makes round with late night show, B5 Shake the hands in the hopes that the masquerade is on, E5 A5 You turn him off on the radio when he say me and my shadow, B5 Shoot out the lights my shadow's gone. E5 Down at the bottom of the calendar day E5 find my roots yeah you'll see all eight E5 B5 if I'm tied up to the tracks, then he's chained up to the road (Down at the bottom of the calendar day) E5 A5 And it's one for the money, two for the show, for me and my shadow. B5 E5 Shoot out the lights and my shadow's gone B5 E5 Shoot out the lights and my shadow is gone Instr: E5 x3 B5 E5 There is a shadow everyone has heard, E5 At night he turns into a mocking bird, B5 If I whistle in the dark, he'll do that too E5 A5 I met him on the road today, a silhouette on a black highway E5 B5 E5 I said "You can have this world, this world is not my own" E5 B5 E5 Then he said " You can keep this world, this world is not my home".