Intro: F F A# Cars lined up the street Dm F A procession for the thief F A# The men were restless and the women howled Dm F As they professed their grief Dm F A smoke was lying on his lips A# C And in his hand a rusty flask F Dm Even in death he'd forced a smile C F I oughta give him his dues for going out like that Interlude: F Dm F A# Dm x2 F x2 F A# Dm A# Dm x2 F x2 F When you've walked through the valley A# Saw the face of death Dm And you've paid your debts A# Dm Well then, is there anything left A# F Is there anything left Dm A# When you've settled up F Is there anything left F A# I came to pay a false courtesy Dm A# So you couldn't get the best of me Dm A# F But the grief hung in the air and mingled with the sweat Dm A# F I presumed to know your inner workings, but I just wept A# F I never thought much about the man C F He was always just drifting along A# But a couple hours in F We were drunk as sin Dm A# F I was wrong, I was wrong about him Dm A# F I came around, I came around, I came around F A# I took you for a hanger-on Dm F But the way those folks all wept F A# You must've been doing something right Dm F To move the company you kept A# F The drinks kept coming and I loosed my tongue Dm C And I talked a little shit F A# But your friends just laughed and chimed right in Dm F Telling yarns so good it made me quit A# F I never thought much about the man C F He was always just drifting along A# But a couple hours in F We were drunk as sin Dm A# F I was wrong, I was wrong about him Dm A# F I came around, I came around, I came around A# F The room started reeling A# F I got the feeling I read you wrong A# F A# Then another bottle of gin A# F A# Break out the bar brawl again A# F C You were the reason for them F A# By the time the sun was at its feet Dm F Everybody there was pissed F A# And I can say with some degree of certainty Dm F The old bastard will be missed A# F A# C I thought your life was nothing more than one long grift F Dm Now I sit weeping by your coffin A# F Clutching a bottle in my fist Dm A# F I came around, I came around, I came around x 6 ----------------------------------------------------- New single from Murder by Death's unreleased album "Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon". Make sure to buy it when it launches on Sept. 25th!
