The Man With The Golden Arm chords by Sammy Davis Jr.

  • D

  • A

  • F#

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • B

    2
  • E

  • Em

  • C

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • C#

    4
  • Asus4

  • Abaug

    4
  • Ab

    4
  • Daug

  • Am

  • Bb

  • Cdim

    3
  • Abdim

    6
  • Fm

  • C#m

    4
  • C#dim

    4
  • Db

    4
  • Ddim

  • Eb

    6
Intro 1
D
A
D
A
D
Verse 1
F#
F#m
B
He makes his own dreams,
E
Em
his own paradise
C
B
Em
But paradise is just a false alarm
G
F#
Bm
And no one's really sadder than
C
C#
D
G
D
The man with the golden arm
F#
He buys every thrill
B
Em
And pays any price
C
B
And thinks he's having fun
Em
And what's the harm?
G
F#
Bm
He's following the devil's plan
C
C#
D
G
D
The man with the golden eye
Asus4
What is that strange desire
D
Abaug
Ab
That sets his soul afire?
Daug
G
The hopeless need for it
Am
D
G
That makes him plead for it
Bm
The walls start closing in,
Bb
the room begins to spin.
Abaug
A
There's no escape and
Bb
A
there's no friend.
Bb
A
E
A
How did it start and where will it end?
Cdim
B
Em
The ending is clear and not very nice.
C
A nameless grave
B
Em
G
behind some prison farm.
F#
Bm
There is no story sadder
than
Cdim
C#
D
G
Bm
the man with the golden arm.
D
But there's a chance
Am
Ab
Bb
that he can shake the misery.
Daug
Ab
G
That's if he's strong enough
Am
D
Bm
and fights it long enough.
G
Bm
The ones who do are rare,
Bb
but with some hope and prayer
A
Bb
A
The nightmare's done and so's the end
Bb
A
You find the sun and walk among men
Abdim
G
C
And gone are the dreams,
Fm
the fool's paradise
C#m
C#dim
C
Fm
The heaven that was just a false alarm
Ab
G
Bb
C
And no one's really gladder
than
Db
Ddim
Eb
Ab
Eb
the man with the golden arm.
Db
Oh.
Outro 1
Eb
N/A
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