The Hitter

The Hitter easy guitar chords by Tom Jones

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Come 
    to 
    the door 
    Ma, 
    and unlock 
    the 
    chain 

    was just 
    passing 
    through 
    and got 

    caught 
    in 
    the 
    rain 

    There's nothing 
    I want, 

    nothing 
    that 
    you need 
    say 

    Just 
    let me 
    lie 
    down 
    for 
    a while 

    and I'll 
    be on 
    my 
    way 

    Verse 2
    I was 
    no more 
    than 
    a kid 
    when 
    you put 

    me on 
    the Southern 
    Queen 

    With the police 
    on 
    my back 

    I fled 
    to 
    New 
    Orleans 

    I fought 
    in the dockyards 
    and with 

    the money 
    I made 

    I knew 
    the fight 
    was my 
    home 

    and blood 
    was my trade 

    Verse 3
    Baton 
    Rouge, 

    Poncitoula, and Lafayette 
    town 

    Well 
    they 
    paid 
    me 
    their 
    money 
    Ma 

    knocked 
    the 
    men 
    down 

    I did 
    what 
    I did 
    well it 
    come 
    easily 

    Restraint 
    and mercy 
    Ma 
    were 

    always 
    strangers 
    to 
    me 

    Verse 4
    I fought 
    champion 
    Jack 
    Thompson 

    in a 
    field 
    full 
    of 
    mud 

    Rain 
    poured 
    through the 
    tent to the canvas 

    and mixed 
    with 
    our 
    blood 

    In 
    the twelfth 
    I slipped 
    my tongue 

    over 
    my 
    broken 
    jaw 

    I stood 
    over 
    him 
    and 
    pounded 
    his 

    bloody 
    body 
    into 
    the floor 

    Well 
    the bell 
    rang 
    and rang 

    and still 
    kept 
    on 

    Till I felt 
    my 
    glove 
    leather 
    slip 

    'tween 
    his 
    skin 
    and 
    bone 

    Verse 5
    Then 
    the women 
    and 
    the money 
    came 

    fast 
    and 
    the days 
    I lost 
    track 

    The women 
    red, 
    the 
    money 
    green, 

    but 
    the numbers 
    were 
    black 

    I fought 
    for 
    the men 
    in their silk 

    suits 
    to 
    lay 
    down 
    their 
    bets 

    I took 
    my 
    good 
    share 
    Ma, 

    I have 
    no 
    regrets 

    Verse 6
    Then 
    I took 
    the fix 
    at 
    the state 
    armory 

    with big 
    John 
    McDowell 

    From high 
    in 
    the rafters 

    I watched 
    myself 
    fall 

    As he 
    raised 
    his 
    arm 
    my 
    stomach 

    twisted 
    and the sky 
    it went 
    black 

    stuffed 
    my 
    bag 
    with 
    their good 
    money 

    and 
    I never 
    looked 
    back 

    Verse 7
    Understand, 

    in the 
    end Ma 
    every 
    man 
    plays 
    the game 

    If 
    you know 
    me 
    one 
    different 

    then speak 
    out 
    his 
    name 

    Ma 
    if 
    my voice 
    now 
    you don't 
    recognize 

    Then 
    just 
    open 
    the door 
    and look 

    into 
    your dark 
    eyes 

    I ask 
    of you 
    nothing, 

    not 
    a kiss 
    not 
    a smile, 

    Just 
    open 
    the door 
    and 
    let 

    me 
    lie 
    down 
    for 
    while 

    Verse 8
    Now 
    the gray 
    rain's 
    falling 

    and 
    my ring 
    fightin's 
    done 

    So 
    in 
    the work 
    fields 
    and alleys 

    I take 
    all 
    who'll 
    come 

    If you're 
    a better 
    man 
    than me 
    then 

    just 
    step 
    to the 
    line 

    Now there's 
    nothing 
    want 
    Ma 

    nothing 
    that 
    you 
    need 
    say 

    Just 
    let me 
    lie 
    down 
    for 
    while 

    and I'll 
    be 
    on 
    my 
    way 

    Verse 9
    Tonight 
    in the 
    shipyard 
    man 

    draws 
    a circle 
    in 
    the dirt 

    move 
    to 
    the center 
    and 

    I take 
    off 
    my 
    shirt 

    I study 
    him 
    for the cuts, 
    the scars, 
    the pain, 

    Man, 
    nor 
    the time 
    can erase 

    Outro 1
    move 
    hard 
    to the 
    left 
    and I strike 
    to 
    the face 


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