Tom: B
Introdução:
A A7M
Standin' on the water casting your bread
Bm/A E/A A
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
A A7M
Distant ships sailin' into the mist
Bm/A E/A
You were born with a snake in both of your fists
A
While a hurricane was blowing
Bm E A
Freedom, just around the corner for you
Bm E A D
But with truth so far off, what good would it do?
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale's tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
A/C# D E A
Oh, oh, oh Jokerman
A A7M
So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
Bm/A E/A A
You rise up and say goodbye to no one
A A7M
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Bm/A E/A
Both of their futures so full of dread
A
You don't show one
Bm E A
Shedding off one more layer of skin
Bm E A D
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale's tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
A/C# D E A
Oh, oh, oh Jokerman
A A7M
You're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds
Bm/A E/A A
Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister
A A7M
You go to Sodom and Gomorrah, but what do you care?
Bm/A E/A
Ain't nobody there
A
Would want to marry your sister
Bm E A
A friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame
Bm E A D
You look into the fiery furnace - see the rich man without any name
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale's tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
A/C# D E A D E A
Oh, oh, oh Jokerman
A A7M
Well the book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
Bm/A E/A A
The law of the jungle and the sea, are your only teachers
A A7M
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
Bm/A E/A A
Michelangelo indeed could have carved out your features
Bm E A
Resting in the fields far from the turbulent space
Bm E A D
Half asleep neath the stars with a small dog licking your face
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale's tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
A/C# D E A D E A
Oh, oh, oh Jokerman
A A7M
Well the mafia man stalkin' the sick and the lame
Bm/A E/A A
Preacher man seeks the same, Who'll get there first is uncertain
A A7M
Matchsticks and water cannons teargas, padlocks
Bm/A E/A A
Molotav cocktails and rocks, Behind every curtain
Bm E A
False-hearted judges dyin' in the webs that they spin
Bm E A D
Only a matter of time til night comes steppin' in
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale's tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
A/C# D E A D E A
Oh, oh, oh Jokerman
A A7M
It's a shadowy world - skies are slippery grey
Bm/A E/A A
A woman just gave birth to a prince today, and dressed him in scarlet
A A7M
He'll put the priest in his pocket - put the blade to the heat
Bm/A E/A A
Take the motherless children off the street, And place them at the feet of a harlot
Bm E A
Oh Jokerman you know what he wants
Bm E A D
Oh Jokerman you don't show any response
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale's tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
A/C# D E A D E A
Oh, oh, oh Jokerman