The Hooker
The Hooker

The Hooker easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Where 

    do 
    you 
    go 
    at 
    night? 

    Where 
    do 
    you 
    go 
    at 
    night? 

    Wrapped 
    in 
    your 
    cheap 
    cologne, 

    Where 
    do 
    you 
    go 
    at 
    night? 


    Verse 2
    Down 
    to 
    the 
    pit 
    with 
    the stinking 
    air, 

    And 
    the smell 
    of 
    the sweat 

    and 
    the 
    death 
    is 
    there. 

    dance 
    for 
    dollar 
    and 
    dance 
    for 
    dime, 

    Till 
    their 
    eyes 
    are 
    begging 
    and 

    their 
    pockets 
    are 
    mine. 

    pick 
    body 
    and 
    name 
    my fee, 

    take 
    their 
    money 
    and 
    they 
    take 
    me. 

    That's 
    where 
    go 
    at 
    night. 

    That's 
    where 
    go 
    at 
    night. 

    Verse 3

    Don't 
    point 
    your 
    fin
    ger, 

    Say 
    your 
    prayers 
    at 
    me! 

    The 
    truth 
    is 
    hard 
    but 
    I'm 
    gonna 
    tell 
    it! 

    Ah, 
    there's 
    whole 
    lot 
    of 
    ways 
    to 

    Interlude 1
    sell 
    it! 


    Verse 4
    How 
    do 
    you 
    spend 
    your 
    days? 

    How 
    do 
    you 
    spend 
    your days? 

    When 
    you 
    can 
    sleep 
    no 
    more, 

    How 
    do 
    you spend 
    your 
    days? 

    Verse 5

    rise 
    at 
    four 
    in 
    the 
    afternoon. 

    take 
    match 
    and 
    the 
    kit
    chen 
    spoon. 

    wrap 
    my 
    arm 
    in 
    an 
    old 
    necktie, 

    And 
    I find 
    religion 
    on 
    the 
    very 
    first 
    try. 

    I wash 
    my 
    face 
    and 
    I comb 
    my 
    hair. 

    My 
    looks 
    are 
    going 
    but 
    I just 
    don't 
    care, 

    And 
    that's 
    how 
    spend 
    my 
    days. 

    That's 
    how 
    I spend 
    my 
    days. 

    Verse 6
    Don't 
    point 
    your 
    finger, 

    Say 
    your prayer
    s at 
    me! 

    The truth 
    is 
    hard 
    but 
    I'm 
    gonna 
    tell 
    it! 

    Ah, 
    there's 
    whole 
    lot 
    of 
    ways 
    to sell 

    Interlude 2
    it! 


    Verse 7
    Where 
    do 
    you 
    find 
    your 
    love? 

    Where 
    do 
    you 
    find 
    your 
    love? 

    Where 
    do 
    you 
    run 
    to him, 

    Where 
    do 
    you 
    find 
    your 
    love? 

    Verse 8

    find 
    my 
    love 
    in 
    an 
    old 
    hotel. 

    He's 
    mean 
    and 
    wicked 

    and 
    he 
    knows 
    me 
    well. 

    He 
    takes 
    my 
    body, 
    he 
    takes 
    my 
    mind, 

    Takes 
    my 
    money 
    and 
    he 

    beats 
    me 
    blind. 

    Says 
    he'll 
    help 
    me 
    but 
    he 

    won't 
    say 
    when, 

    Sends 
    me 
    walking 
    on 
    the streets 
    again. 

    And 
    that's 
    where 
    find 
    my 
    love. 

    That's 
    where 
    find 
    my 
    love. 

    Verse 9

    Don't 
    point 
    your 
    finger, 

    Say 
    your prayers 
    at 
    me! 

    The 
    truth 
    is 
    hard 
    but 
    I'm 
    gonna 
    tell 
    it! 

    Ah, 
    there's 
    whole 
    lot 
    of 
    ways 
    to sell 

    Interlude 3
    it! 


    Verse 10
    How 
    will 
    you 
    spend 
    your 
    life? 

    How 
    will 
    you spend 
    your 
    life? 

    While 
    ladies 
    play 
    at cards, 

    How 
    will 
    you spend 
    your 
    life? 


    Verse 11
    Lying 
    in 
    a circle 
    of 
    vel
    vet 
    rooms. 

    Dying 
    in 
    six 
    inch 
    carpet 
    tombs. 

    Hiding 
    in 
    the 
    gutter 
    with 

    the 
    aching 
    pains. 

    Trading 
    the 
    years 
    for 
    the 
    aching 
    veins. 

    Dying 
    at 
    last 
    when 
    the tricks 
    are 
    few, 

    And 
    I can't 
    get 
    action 
    from 
    a john 
    like 
    you. 

    Ah, 
    that's 
    how 
    spend 
    my 
    life. 

    That's 
    how 
    I spend 
    my 
    life! 

    Verse 12

    Don't 
    point 
    your 
    finger, 

    Say 
    your 
    prayers 
    at 
    me! 

    The truth 
    is 
    hard 
    but 
    I'm 
    gonna 
    tell 
    it! 

    Ah, 
    there's 
    whole 
    lot 
    of 
    ways 

    to sell 
    it! 

    Outro 1

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