Key: G minor•
Verse 1
Gm
Ab
Gm
Cm
C
Csus4
Ab
Gm
Cm
Gm
The big man arrives
Gm
Fsus4
Plain clothes cops greet him
Small town, big man,
Ab
Bb
Cm
fresh lipstick glistening
Csus4
Gm
Sophomore jive
Fsus4
The band sounds like typewriters
The big man,
Cm
C
Csus4
Gm
Ab
he's not listening
His eyes hold Edith
Gm
Eb
What does that hand de sire
Ab
Gm
Gsus4
That he grips it so
tight
G
Gsus4
Gm
Verse 2
Cm
Edith in the ring
Gm
Bb
The passed-over girls girls are conferring
Ab
Bb
Cm
All claws for now withdrawn
One by one they bring
Gm
Ab
His renegade stories to her
Fsus4
His crimes and his glories to her
C
Csus4
In challenge they look on
Gsus4
Gm
Ab
Gsus4
Women he has taken grow old too soon
Gm
Eb
Ab
He tilts their tired faces
Gsus4
G
Gently to the spoon
Gsus4
G
Verse 3
Cm
Edith in his bed
Gm
Ab
A plane in the rain is humming
Eb
Fsus4
The wires in the walls are humming
Eb
Cm
some mysterious song
Csus4
Gm
Bars in her head
Beating frantic and snow blind
Ab
Fsus4
Romantic and snow blind
F
Gsus4
Gm
Ab
Edith and the kingpin
Gm
Eb
Are staring eye to eye
Ab
Gsus4
They dare not look away
Outro 1
Ab
Gsus4
C
Csus4
Ab
Gm
C
Ab
Gm
C
Ab
Gm
C
Ab
Gm
C
Ab
Gm
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsGm Ab Cm C Csus4...
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