this is my first ever submission so please don't be too harsh,
also am not exactly sure that the Bmaj chord is quite right,
but if u holler n growl enough like Mr. Waits when you are playing
it sounds passable
Am (x02210@1) AmWell (x02210@1)they call me William The Pleaser
Am (x02210@1) EI (022100@1)sold opium, fireworks and lead
Am (x02210@1) DmNow (xx0231@1)I'm telling my troubles to strangers
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmWhen (x02210@1)the shadows get long I'll be dead
Am (x02210@1) AmNow (x02210@1)her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
Am (x02210@1) ESkin (022100@1)was as white as a cuttlefish bone
Am (x02210@1) Dm (xx0231@1) DmI (xx0231@1)left Texas to follow Lucinda
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) e|-X-|---|---|---| (022000@1)Now I'll never see heaven or home B |---|---|-X-|---|
G|---|-X-|---|---| (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) D|---|---|---|---| (xx0232@1)I made a wish on silver of moonlight XA |---|---|---|---|
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) XE |---|---|---|---|
A sly grin and a bowl full of stars
Am (x02210@1) DmLike (xx0231@1)a kid who captures a firefly
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)leaves it only to die in the jar
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1)
As I kick at the clouds at my hanging
Am (x02210@1) EAs (022100@1)I swing out over the crowd
Am (x02210@1) DmI (xx0231@1)will search every face for Lucinda's
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)she will go off with me down to hell
Am (x02210@1) AmI (x02210@1)thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
Am (x02210@1) EThe (022100@1)rain returned and so did the wind
Am (x02210@1) DmI (xx0231@1)cast this burden on the God that's within me
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1)I will leave this old world and go free Bmaj (x2444x@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) e|---|-x-|---|---|---| (022000@1)The devil dances inside empty pockets B |---|-x-|---|-X-|---|
D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) G|---|-x-|---|-X-|---| (320003@1)But she did'nt want money or pearls D |---|-x-|---|-X-|---|
D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) A|---|-X-|---|---|---| (x02220@1)No, that wasn't enough for Lucinda XE |---|---|---|---|---|
Bmaj (x2444x@1) EShe (022100@1)wasn't that kind of girl
Am (x02210@1) AmNow (x02210@1)I've fallen from grace for Lucinda
Am (x02210@1) EWhoever (022100@1)thought that hell would be so cold
Am (x02210@1) DmI (xx0231@1)did well for an old tin can sailor
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmBut (x02210@1)she wanted the bell in my soul
Am (x02210@1) AmI've (x02210@1)spoken to God on the mountain
Am (x02210@1) EAnd (022100@1)I've swam in the Irish sea
Am (x02210@1) DmI (xx0231@1)ate fire and drank from the Ganges
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)I'll beg there for mercy for me
Am (x02210@1) AmI (x02210@1)thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
Am (x02210@1) EThe (022100@1)rain returned and so did the wind
Am (x02210@1) Dm (xx0231@1)
I was standing outside the Whitehorse
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmOh (x02210@1)but I was afraid to go in
Am (x02210@1) AmI (x02210@1)heard someone pull the trigger
Am (x02210@1) EHer (022100@1)breasts heaved in the moonlight again
Am (x02210@1) DmThere (xx0231@1)was a smear of gold in the window
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)then I was the jewel of her sin
Am (x02210@1) AmThey (x02210@1)call me William The Pleaser
Am (x02210@1) EI (022100@1)sold opium, fireworks and lead
Am (x02210@1) DmNow (xx0231@1)I'm telling my troubles to strangers
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmWhen (x02210@1)the shadows get long I'll be dead
Am (x02210@1) AmNow (x02210@1)her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
Am (x02210@1) ESkin (022100@1)was as white as a cuttlefish bone
Am (x02210@1) DmI (xx0231@1)left Texas to follow Lucinda
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmNow (x02210@1)I'll never see heaven or home
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmNo (x02210@1)I'll never see heaven or home
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmNo (x02210@1)I'll never see heaven or home
