[tuned down a half step, mainly because they seem to play everything else that way. 
Chords are relative based on tuning]

A                     E
Glinting gems, in the concrete I paved

F#m                 C#m   B
One every couple of feet

A                        E
They got mixed up in the lime and the sand

F#m                C#m
Nobody noticed but me

        F#m        A
How can one little speck

       F#m               A
Make a difference to the rest

        F#m             B
Well it doesn't, no one cared

       A
Except me


A                     E
I paid my debt to the hotel unknown

F#m                   C#m   B
I drove so far out of funds

A                  E
They kept me up, a family untied

F#m                            C#m
I shared their wall and their secrets

F#m                  A
I cant tell you this much

F#m                   A
There is no love when bankrupt

F#m                  B
just an empty gutted house

      A
and a grave

A                      E
I got this limp from a favor I did

F#m                   C#m     B
Some folks don't like charity

A                    E
Copper pipe is worth more than you'd think

F#m                  C#m
There ain't no point blaming me


F#m                A
How can one little speck

F#m                      A
Make a difference to the rest

F#m                     B
Well it doesn't, no one cared

       A
Except me


F#m                A
How can one little speck

F#m                      A
Make a difference to the rest

F#m                    B
Well it doesn't, never will

          A
Just like me