the chord pattern in this song is really weird, yet pretty brilliant.

C (x32010@1)                           FJacques (133211@1)Lamure is a volunteer fireman
Em (022000@1)                  AHe (x02220@1)longs to give his life
G# (xx1114@1)                          C# (x43121@1)           
Saving a nice old man and his wife
BbWhen (x1333x@1)their house is filled with flames
GEarning (320003@1)him honor and fame


C (x32010@1)                               FJacques (133211@1)Lamure is a foreman at a clock factory
Em (022000@1)               AHe (x02220@1)wishes he were boss
G# (xx1114@1)                                    C#So (x43121@1)he could fire that scoundrel William Moss
BbWho (x1333x@1)always puts him down
GWhen (320003@1)Megan Blanchard is around


DmHe (xx0231@1)told himself last year
Cthat (x32010@1)when springtime was here
Bb (x1333x@1)                              C#He (x43121@1)would suddenly appear at Meg's door
            G# (xx1114@1)               CmHe'd (x3101x@1)rent a mariachi band and respectfully demand
AHis (x02220@1)dear Meg to take his hand
          B (x2444x@1)         EAnd (022100@1)to be his forever more
                        E7But (020130@1)of course he didn't dare
A (x02220@1)                  F#and (244322@1)pretended not to care
           G (320003@1)          CAbout (x32010@1)the insult or the loss
         C# (x43121@1)                            D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)F#When (244322@1)he found out she'd married William Moss


CJacques (x32010@1)Lamure goes to see a show
Fevery (133211@1)other Friday night
Em (022000@1)                  AHe (x02220@1)likes the westerns best
G# (xx1114@1)                                             C#He'd (x43121@1)rather be a sheriff with a gold star on his chest
BbThan (x1333x@1)that weird guy who never says a word
GAnd (320003@1)when spoken to pretends he hadn't heard


Dm (xx0231@1)                        CHe (x32010@1)realized one day that he didn't have to stay
Bb (x1333x@1)                                           C#That (x43121@1)he could move as far away as planes could fly
G#He (xx1114@1)chuckled as he mused
CmAbout (x3101x@1)the people who had rused him
    A (x02220@1)                                      BAnd (x2444x@1)how shocked and confused that they would be
             E (022100@1)                      E7When (020130@1)he says goodbye and never turns around
A (x02220@1)                              F#Never (244322@1)returns to that miserable town
G (320003@1)                              CThen (x32010@1)as weeks passed he soon did find
                C# (x43121@1)                        D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)F#This (244322@1)move had greatly improved his state of mind