Key: F major•
Verse 1
F
Bb
Cars lined up the street
Dm
F
A procession for the thief
The men were restless
Dm
F
As they professed their grief
Verse 2
Bb
Dm
Bb
F
A smoke was ly ing on his lips
Dm
C
And in his hand a rusty flask
F
Bb
Even in death he'd forced a smile
Dm
C
F
Bb
I oughta give him his dues for going out like that
F
Interlude 1
Bb
Dm
Bb
Dm
F
Bb
F
Bb
Dm
Bb
Dm
F
Verse 3
Bb
Dm
Bb
Well then, is there anything left
Bb
F
Is there anything left?
Verse 4
F
Bb
I came to pay a false courtesy
F
Bb
So you couldn't get the be st of me
Dm
Bb
But the grief hung in the air
Dm
Bb
I presumed to know your inner workings,
but I just guessed
F
Verse 5
Bb
F
I never thought much about the man
C
F
He was always just drifting along
Dm
Bb
F
I was wrong, I was wrong about him
F
Verse 6
Dm
F
But the way those folks all wept
Dm
F
To move the company you kept
Verse 7
Dm
C
And I talked a little shit
Dm
F
Telling yarns so good it made me quit
Verse 8
Bb
F
I never thought much about the man
C
F
He was always just drifting along
Dm
Bb
F
I was wrong, I was wrong about him
Bb
F
I came around
F
Verse 9
Bb
F
Bb
The room started reeling
F
C
Bb
I got the feeling I read you wrong
F
Bb
Then another bottle of gin
F
C
Bb
Break out the bar brawl again
F
C
You were the reason for them
Verse 10
F
Bb
By the time the sun was at its feet
Dm
F
Everybody there was pissed
And I can say with some
Dm
F
Bb
The old bastard will be missed
Verse 11
Dm
C
more than one long grift
F
Bb
Now I sit weeping by your coffin
F
Interlude 2
Dm
Bb
F
Dm
Bb
F
Verse 12
Bb
F
I came around
Bb
F
I came around
Bb
F
I came around
Bb
F
I came around
Bb
F
I came around
Bb
F
I came around
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb Dm C
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