Key: E major
Verse 1
F#
B
F#
B
F#
I seen an old fighter,
tired and in trouble
Who just couldn't take anymore
C#
Somethin' inside him kept
fighting to finish
F#
With only his feet on the floor-yeah
Verse 2
Lord, Lord, I know that it's worth
any price you could pay
B
C#
B
To see truth in whatever dis guise
C#
But I'd payed double for
one look of pleasure
F#
A piece of relief in his eyes.
Verse 3
B
Ain't that clown,
F#
C#
F#
laughin' like crazy
B
Cdim
C#
B
Ain't his eyes empty
F#
C#
F#
and deep
B
F#sus4
B
Don't he sound
F#
B
F#
sad as a baby
C#
F#
B
F#
When she cries out in her sleep
Verse 4
F#
We measured the space
between Waylon and Willie
C#
F#
C#
And Willie and Waylon and me
But there wasn't nothin'
like Billy Jo Shaver
Verse 5
What Billy Jo Shaver should be-no
F#
C#
F#
When When he showed up sick
later all bit by a spider
G#m
B
And crazy to look in the eye
C#
He put on a show that was
sad as it should of been
F#
And nobody even knew why
B
Ain't that
Verse 6
F#sus4
B
clown
F#
B
F#
laughin' like crazy
C#
F#
B
F#
Ain't his eyes empty and deep
B
F#
C#
F#
Don't he sound sad as a baby
B
G#
C#
F#
When she cries out in her sleep
B
Outro 1
F#
B
C#
G#m
C#
F#
B
F#
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