Tom: E
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E B | A | E | B | E A
E E7+
i got shot off my horse
A A9
so what? i’m up again
A
and playing
in one of these
E E7+
big saloons on main
A
you can come up here
B
take a look
E E7+
around these sinners’ dens
A
you’re only ever going to find
B B
one or two real games
F#m
F#m/E
nobody’s driving
B F#m
me underground
F#m/E B A B
not yet anyway
E E7+
but either on the strip
A A9
or on the edge of town
A A9
everybody pays
E
everybody pays to play
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E B | E
E7+
yeah, you ought to stay
right where you are
A A9
in sawdust land
A
it’s probably the
E E7+
safest place to be
with your
A B
greasy little pork pies
E E7+ A
and your shoestring hands
it makes
B F#m
no difference to me
F#m/E
all those directions
B F#m
which we never took
F#m/E B A B
to go our different ways
E
who went and wrote
E7+ A A9
the oldest story in the book?
A A9
everybody pays
E
everybody pays to play
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E B |
Bm | C# | F#m | B
Em | A | D | F#
Bm | C# | F#m | B
Em | D | C | B
E
curl up inside
E7+ A
a boxcar dream
A9 A
and disappear
with a couple
E E7+
low roller friends
A
you were never one
B
for trouble
E E7+
so get out of here
A
i knew the game
B F#m
was dangerous back then
F#m/E
but nobody’s breezing
B F#m
through these swinging doors
F#m/E B A B
just ups and walks away
E E7+
everybody has to leave
A A9
some blood here on the floor
A A9
everybody pays
E E7+ C#m C#m7
everybody pays to play
A A9
everybody pays
E
everybody pays to play
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E B | A | E | B | E A
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E B | A | E | B | E A