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