Key: Db major
Verse 1
G
D
C
G
C
G
Well
I wandered alone,
D
Through a desert of stone,
C
G
C
D
G
And I dreamed of my future wife.
My sword's in my hand,
C
And I'm next in command,
G
In this version of Death
Em
C
called Life.
G
My plate and my cup,
C
G
Are right straight up,
I took a rose from the hand
Em
C
Em
of a child.
G
When I kiss your lips,
D
C
The honey drips,
G
I'm gonna have to put you
C
down for a while.
G
Verse 2
Every day we meet,
D
C
On any old street,
G
C
G
And you're in your girlish prime.
The short and the tall,
C
G
Are coming to the ball,
Em
I go there all the time.
G
Behind every tree,
C
G
There's something to see,
C
The river is wider than a mile.
G
I tried you twice,
D
C
You can't be nice,
G
I'm gonna have to put you
C
G
down for a while.
Verse 3
G
Here come the nurse,
D
C
With money in her purse,
G
C
G
Here come the ladies and men.
You push it all in,
C
G
And you've no chance to win,
Em
You play 'em on down to the end.
G
I'm laying in the sand,
C
G
Getting a sunshine tan,
Moving along,
Em
C
Em
riding in style.
G
From my toes to my head,
D
You knock me dead,
C
G
C
G
I'm gonna have to put you down for a while.
Verse 4
G
I count the years,
D
C
And I shed no tears,
G
C
I'm blinded to what might
G
have been.
Nature's voice,
C
G
Makes my heart rejoice,
D
Em
Play me the wild song of the wind.
G
I found hopeless love,
C
G
In the room above,
When the sun and the weather
C
Em
were riled.
G
You're as fine as wine,
D
C
I ain't handing you no line,
G
C
I'm gonna have to put you down
G
for a while.
D
C
G
C
Verse 5
G
All the merry little elves,
D
C
Can go hang themselves,
G
C
G
My faith is as cold as can be.
I'm stacked high to the roof,
C
G
And I'm not without proof,
Em
If you don't believe me, come see.
G
You think I'm blue,
C
G
I think so, too,
Em
C
In my words you'll find no guile.
G
The game's gotten old,
D
The deck's gone cold,
C
G
And I'm gonna have to put
C
G
you down for a while.
Verse 6
G
The game's gotten old,
D
The deck's gone cold,
C
G
And I'm gonna have to
D
G
put you down for a while.
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