Intro: F5 F5 Bb5 Cars lined up the street D5 F5 A procession for the thief F5 Bb5 The men were restless and the women howled D5 F5 As they professed their grief D5 F5 A smoke was lying on his lips Bb5 C5 And in his hand a rusty flask F5 D5 Even in death he'd forced a smile C5 F5 I oughta give him his dues for going out like that Interlude: F5 D5 F5 Bb5 D5 x2 F5 x2 F5 Bb5 D5 Bb5 D5 x2 F5 x2 F5 When you've walked through the valley Bb5 Saw the face of death D5 And you've paid your debts Bb5 D5 Well then, is there anything left Bb5 F5 Is there anything left D5 Bb5 When you've settled up F5 Is there anything left F5 Bb5 I came to pay a false courtesy D5 Bb5 So you couldn't get the best of me D5 Bb5 F5 But the grief hung in the air and mingled with the sweat D5 Bb5 F5 I presumed to know your inner workings, but I just wept Bb5 F5 I never thought much about the man C5 F5 He was always just drifting along Bb5 But a couple hours in F5 We were drunk as sin D5 Bb5 F5 I was wrong, I was wrong about him D5 Bb5 F5 I came around, I came around, I came around F5 Bb5 I took you for a hanger-on D5 F5 But the way those folks all wept F5 Bb5 You must've been doing something right D5 F5 To move the company you kept Bb5 F5 The drinks kept coming and I loosed my tongue D5 C5 And I talked a little shit F5 Bb5 But your friends just laughed and chimed right in D5 F5 Telling yarns so good it made me quit Bb5 F5 I never thought much about the man C5 F5 He was always just drifting along Bb5 But a couple hours in F5 We were drunk as sin D5 Bb5 F5 I was wrong, I was wrong about him D5 Bb5 F5 I came around, I came around, I came around Bb5 F5 The room started reeling Bb5 F5 I got the feeling I read you wrong Bb5 F5 Bb5 Then another bottle of gin Bb5 F5 Bb5 Break out the bar brawl again Bb5 F5 C5 You were the reason for them F5 Bb5 By the time the sun was at its feet D5 F5 Everybody there was pissed F5 Bb5 And I can say with some degree of certainty D5 F5 The old bastard will be missed Bb5 F5 Bb5 C5 I thought your life was nothing more than one long grift F5 D5 Now I sit weeping by your coffin Bb5 F5 Clutching a bottle in my fist D5 Bb5 F5 I came around, I came around, I came around x 6
