The Face On The Barroom Floor
The Face On The Barroom Floor

The Face On The Barroom Floor easy guitar chords by Hank Snow

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  • Verse 1

    'Twas 
    a balmy 
    summer 
    evening 

    and a goodly 
    crowd 
    was 
    there 

    Which 
    well- nigh 
    filled 
    Joe's 
    barroom 

    on 
    the corner 
    of 
    the square 

    And 
    as song
    s and 
    witty stories 

    came 
    through 
    the open 
    door 

    A vagabond 
    crept 
    slowly 
    in and posed 

    upon 
    the floor. 

    "Where did it come 
    from?" 
    Someone 

    said. 
    "The 
    wind 
    has blown it 
    in?" 

    "What 
    does it want?" 
    an
    other cried, 

    "Some whiskey, 
    rum 
    or 
    gin?" 

    "Here, Toby, 
    seek 
    him, 

    if your 
    stomach's 
    equal 
    to the work!" 

    "I 
    wouldn't touch 
    him with 
    a fork, 

    why, he's 
    as 
    filthy 
    as a Turk." 

    This badinage 
    the poor 
    wretch took 

    with 
    stoical 
    good 
    grace 

    In fact, 
    he smiled 
    as 
    though he thought 

    he'd struck 
    the 
    proper place 

    "Come, 
    boys, 
    I know 
    there's kindly 

    hearts 
    among so 
    good 
    a crowd 

    Why, 
    to 
    be in such 
    good 
    company 

    would make 
    a deacon 
    proud." 

    "Give me 
    a drink 
    - that's what 
    I want 
    - I'm 
    out of funds, 

    you know 

    When I had 
    cash 
    to treat 
    the gang, 

    this 
    hand was 
    never 
    slow 

    What? You 
    laugh 
    as tho' 
    you thought 

    this pocket 
    never 
    held a 
    sou 

    Why, 
    I was 
    fixed 
    as 
    well, my 
    boys, 

    as 
    anyone 
    of you." 

    "There, 
    thanks 
    - that's braced 
    me 

    nicely 
    - God 
    bless 
    you one 
    and all 

    Next 
    time I 
    pass 
    this 
    good saloon, 

    I'll make 
    another 
    call 

    Give you 
    a song? 
    No, 

    I can't 
    do that 
    - my singing 
    days 
    are past 

    My voice 
    is 
    cracked 
    and my throat's 
    worn 

    out 
    and my 
    lungs 
    are going 
    fast. 

    "Say, 
    Give me 
    another whiskey 
    and 

    I'll tell 
    you what I'll 
    do 

    I'll tell 
    you a 
    funny story 
    and 
    fact 
    I promise, 

    too 

    That I was 
    ever a 
    de
    cent 
    man, not 

    a one 
    of you would 
    think 

    But, I was 
    some 
    four 
    of 
    five 
    years back 
    - say, 

    give us another 
    drink. 

    "Fill 
    her up, Joe, 

    I want to 
    put some 
    life into 
    my frame 

    Such 
    little drinks, 
    to 
    a bum like 
    me, 

    are miserably 
    tame 

    Five 
    fingers 
    - there, 

    that's 
    the scheme 
    - and 
    corkin' 
    whisky, 
    too 

    Well, 
    here's luck, 
    boys; and landlord, 

    my 
    best regards 
    to you. 

    "You've treated 
    me 
    pretty kindly 

    and 
    I'd like 
    to tell you 
    how 

    I came 
    to be 
    the dirty 
    sot 

    you see be
    fore you 
    now 

    As 
    I told 
    you once, 
    I was 
    a man 
    with a muscle, 

    frame 
    and 
    health 

    And, 
    but for 
    a blunder, 

    ought to have made 
    considerable 
    wealth. 

    "I was 
    a painter 
    - not one 
    that daubed 

    on 
    bricks 
    and wood 

    But an 
    artist 
    and for 
    my age, 

    was 
    rated 
    pretty 
    good 

    I worked 
    hard at 
    my canvas 
    an

    d I was 
    bidding 
    fair to 
    rise 

    'Coz 
    gradually 
    saw the 
    star of fame 

    before 
    my eyes. 

    "I made a picture 
    perhaps 
    you've 
    seen, 

    'tis called 
    the 
    'CHASE 
    OF 
    FAME' 

    It 
    brought me 
    fifteen 
    hundred 
    pounds 

    and 
    added 
    to my 
    name 

    And then 
    I met 
    a woman - now 

    comes 
    the funny 
    part 

    With eyes 
    that petrified 
    my brain 
    and sunk 

    into 
    my heart. 

    "Why don't you 
    laugh? 
    it's funny 

    that the vagabond 
    you see 

    Could 
    ever love 
    a woman 
    and expect 

    her love 
    for me 

    But 'twas so, 
    and 
    for 
    a month 
    or two, 

    her smiles 
    were freely 
    given 

    And when 
    her loving 
    lips 
    touched mine 

    it 
    car
    ried 
    me to 
    heaven. 

    "Boys, 
    did you 
    ever see 
    a girl 
    for whom 

    your soul 
    you'd 
    give 

    With a form 
    like 
    the Milo 
    Venus, 

    too 
    beautiful 
    to live 

    With eyes 
    like 
    the purest 
    of diamonds 

    and a wealth 
    of chestnut 
    hair? 

    If 
    so, 'twas 
    she, 

    for there 
    never 
    was another 
    half 
    so 
    fair. 

    "I was 
    working 
    on a portrait 
    one 

    af
    ternoon 
    in May 

    Of a fair- 
    haired 
    boy, a 
    friend 
    of mine, 

    who lived 
    across 
    the 
    way 

    And 
    Madeline 
    admired 

    it and much 
    to my 
    surprise 

    Said 
    she'd like 
    to know 
    the man 

    that had 
    such 
    dreamy 
    eyes. 

    "It didn't 
    take long 
    to know 
    him and 

    be
    fore 
    the month 
    had flown 

    My 
    friend had 
    stole my 
    darlin' 

    and 
    I was 
    left 
    alone 

    And 
    ere a year 
    of 
    misery 
    had passed 

    above 
    my 
    head 

    The jewel 
    that I had 
    treasured 
    so, 

    had tarnished 
    and was 
    dead. 

    "That's why 
    I took to drink, 

    boys 
    - why, 
    I never 
    saw you 
    smile 

    thought 
    you'd be amused 

    and 
    laughing 
    all 
    the while 

    Why, 
    what's the matter 
    - friend? 

    There's a teardrop 
    in your 
    eye 

    Come, 
    laugh 
    like 
    me; why 
    'tis only 

    babes 
    and women 
    that 
    would cry. 

    "Say, 
    boys, 
    if you'd give 
    me 
    just 
    another whiskey, 

    I'll 
    really 
    be glad 

    And I'll 
    draw right 
    here a 
    picture 

    of the face 
    that 
    drove me 
    mad 

    Give 
    me 
    that piece 
    of chalk 
    with which 

    you mark 
    the baseball 
    score 

    And you 
    shall 
    see the 
    lovely Madeline 

    upon the 
    barroom 
    floor." 

    Another 
    drink and 
    with chalk 
    in hand 

    the vagabond 
    began 

    To sketch 
    a face 
    that 
    well might 

    buy 
    the soul 
    of 
    any 
    man 

    And 
    then as he 
    placed 
    another lock 

    upon 
    the shapely 
    head 

    With 
    a fearful 
    shriek, 

    he leaped 
    and 
    fell across 
    the pic
    ture 
    - dead. 

    Outro 1



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