C                                     
You might have seen me 'neath the pool hall lights.
F
Well baby I go back each night.
C
If you got a throat I got a knife.
G               C
Steady rollin', I keep goin'.

C  
I don't mind how quick the seasons change.
F
You know to me they's every one the same.
C
The sweetest sunshine drips the drain.
G               C
Death's comin', I'm still runnin'.

C
Well I come from the old time baby,
F
too late for you to save me.
F         G                  C
If I remain then I'm to blame.
C
But if you should ever need me,
F
I'll go where'er you lead me.
F             G                     C
It's all the same, the same old game.

C
My lovin' lady she's a ball and chain.
F
I still can travel but my speed has changed.
C
I bring the money, I take the blame.
G               C
Steady rollin', I keep goin'.

C
But I shot my wife today,
F
dropped her body in the Frisco bay.
C
I had no choice it was the only way.
G               C
Death's comin', I'm still runnin'.

C
Well I come from the old time baby,
F
too late for you to save me.
F       G                    C
If I remain then I'm to blame.
C
But if you should ever need me,
F
I'll go where'er you lead me.
F              G                    C
It's all the same, the same old game.

C
Out waltzin' with the Holy Ghost,
F
from the Bowery to the Barbary Coast.
C
The land I'm from you know I love the most.
G               C
Steady rollin', I keep goin'.

C
And everyday is just another town.
F
The more I search you know the less I've found.
C
Me, I'm a sucker, just a slave to sound.
G               C
Death's comin', I'm still runnin'.


C
Well I come from the old time baby,
F
too late for you to save me.
F        G                   C
If I remain then I'm to blame.
C
But if you should ever need me,
F
I'll go where'er you lead me.
F             G                    C
It's all the same, the same old game.