Key: D
C
Dm
The pawnbroker he just roared
Em
F
And it was good for the landlord
C
Dm
C
F
G
To see me so crazy, Wasn't it?
C
Dm
Both were so glad
Em
F
To see me lose everything I had
C
Dm
C
F
G
Pain sure brings out the best in people, now, doesn't it?
Em
Dm
Why didn't you just leave me If you didn't want to stay?
Em
Dm
F
G
Why'd you have to treat me so bad? Did it have to be that way?
G
F
C
Dm
C
Now you stand here asking me
F
G
If something happened, I got to say
Am
G
And you, I see you're still with her, well
Am
G
F
Em
Dm
That's fine 'cause she's comin' on so strange, can't you tell?
C
Dm
C
F
I think you better explain
C
Dm
C
F
What she should really do with her iron chain
C
Dm
C
F
G
I'd do it before, but I just can't remember how
Am
G
Talk to her
F
Am
G
You're her lover now
C
Dm
Yes I, I've already assumed
Em
F
That we weren't in the felony room
C
Dm
C
F
G
But I ain't the judge, you don't have to be nice to me
C
Dm
Will you please tell that
Em
F
To your friend with the cowboy hat
C
Dm
C
F
G
He keeps on sayin' everything twice to me
Em
You know I was straight with you
Dm
You know I never tried to change you in any way
Em
You know if you didn't want to be with me
Dm
F
G
That you didn't have to stay.
G
F
C
Dm
C
F
Now you stand here sayin' you forgive me, well
G
What can I say?
Am
G
And you, you just sit around and ask for ashtrays,well, can't you reach?
Am
G
F
Em
Dm
I see you kiss her on the cheek everytime she gives a speech
C
Dm
C
F
With her picture books of the pyramid
C
Dm
C
F
And snapshots of billy the kid
C
Dm
C
F
G
They're all nice but I refuse to stand here and bow
Am
G
Explain it to her
F
Am
G
You're her lover now
C
Dm
And everybody that cares
Em
F
I see them goin' up the castle stairs
C
Dm
C
F
G
But I'm not up in your castle, honey
C
Dm
Can't recall
Em
F
San Francisco at all
C
Dm
C
F
G
I can't even remember El Paso, uh , honey
Em
You know you never had to be faithful
Dm
I never expect you to grieve
Em
Oh, why was it so hard to you
Dm
F
G
If you didn't want to be there, just to leave?
G
F
C
Dm
Now you stand here
C
F
G
With you finger's goin' up my sleeve
Am
G
And you, just what you do, anyway?
Am
G
F
EmDm
What are you, some kind of moose, Ain't there nothing you can say?
C
Dm
C
F
She'll be standin' on the bar soon
C
Dm
C
F
With a fish head and a harpoon
C
Dm
C
F
G
An' a fake beard plastered on her brow
Am
G
You'd better do something
F
Am
G
You're her lover now
C
Dm
Why must I fall for this madness?
Em
F
Do I look like Charles Atlas?
C
Dm
C
F
G
Do you think I still got what you still got, honey?
C
Dm
Her voice is really warm
Em
(Oh, right)