Key: E major
Verse 1
C
F
C
F
C
I seen an old fighter,
tired and in trouble
Who just couldn't take anymore
G
Somethin' inside him kept
fighting to finish
C
With only his feet on the floor-yeah
Verse 2
Lord, Lord, I know that it's worth
any price you could pay
F
G
F
To see truth in whatever disguise
G
But I'd payed double for
one look of pleasure
C
A piece of relief in his eyes.
Verse 3
F
Ain't that clown,
C
G
C
laughin' like crazy
F
F#dim
G
F
Ain't his eyes empty
C
G
C
and deep
F
Csus4
F
Don't he sound
C
F
C
sad as a baby
G
C
F
C
When she cries out in her sleep
Verse 4
C
We measured the space
between Waylon and Willie
G
C
G
And Willie and Waylon and me
But there wasn't nothin'
like Billy Jo Shaver
Verse 5
What Billy Jo Shaver should be-no
C
G
C
When When he showed up sick
later all bit by a spider
Dm
F
And crazy to look in the eye
G
He put on a show that was
sad as it should of been
C
And nobody even knew why
F
Ain't that
Verse 6
Csus4
F
clown
C
F
C
laughin' like crazy
G
C
F
C
Ain't his eyes empty and deep
F
C
G
C
Don't he sound sad as a baby
F
D
G
C
When she cries out in her sleep
F
Outro 1
C
F
G
Dm
G
C
F
C
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