Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "There must be some kind of way out of here," said the joker to the thief, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb None will level on the line nobody offered his word."
[Verse 2] Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
[Verse 3] Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb All along the watchtower, princes kept the view Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Outside in the cold distance a wildcat did growl, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.
[Chords used] Ab Bb Cm e|-4---6---8--| B|-4---6---8--| G|-5---7---8--| D|-6---8---10-| A|-6---8---10-| E|-4---6---8--|
"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
[Intro] | F#m | F#m E/G#(476454) | A | A (Bm Bm/C#-x44x22) | | D | D | E | C#7 |
[Verse 1] [F#m] It can't be [E/G#] said I'm an [A] early bird It's ten o' [Bm] clock bef [Bm/C#] ore I [D] say a word Baby, I can never [E] tell How do you sleep so [C#7] well? You keep telling me to
[F#m] live right To go to [E/G#] bed before the [A] daylight But then you [Bm] wake up [Bm/C#] for the [D] sunrise You know you don't gotta pre [A] tend Baby, now and [E/G#] then Don't you just wanna
[Pre-Chorus 1] [F#m] wake up, dark as a lake? Smel [E/G#] ling like a [A] bonfire, lost in a haze? If [Bm] you're drunk [Bm/C#] on [D] Life, babe, I think it's great But while in this [E] world I think I'll [C#7] take my whiskey
[Chorus] [F#m] neat My coffee black [E/G#] and my [A] bed at three [A] You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [A] me I [C#7] take my whiskey
[F#m] neat My coffee black [E/G#] and my [A] bed at three [A] You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [E] mee [C#7] ee
[Verse 2] I aim [F#m] low I aim true and the [E/G#] ground's where I [A] go I work [A] late where I'm [Bm] free [Bm/C#] from the [D] phone And the job gets done But you [E] worry some, I [C#7] know But who wants to live for
[F#m] ever, babe? You treat your [E/G#] mouth as if it's [A] Heaven's gate The rest of [Bm] you like [Bm/C#] you're the [D] TSA I wish I could go a [A] long, babe, don't get me [E/G#] wrong You know you're bright as the
[Pre-Chorus 2] [F#m] morning, as soft as the rain Pret [E/G#] ty as a [A] vine, as sweet as a grape If you can [Bm] sit [Bm/C#] in a [D] barrel, maybe I'll wait Until that [E] day I'd rather [C#7] take my whiskey
[Chorus] [F#m] neat My coffee [E/G#] black and my [A] bed at three [A] You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [A] me
I [C#7] take my whiskey [F#m] neat My coffee [E/G#] black and my [A] bed at three You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [E] mee [C#7] ee
