this is my first ever submission so please don't be too harsh,
also am not exactly sure that the Bmaj chord is quite right,
but if u holler n growl enough like Mr. Waits when you are playing
it sounds passable
Am Am
Well they call me William The Pleaser
Am E
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
Am Dm
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
Am E Am
When the shadows get long I'll be dead
Am Am
Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
Am E
Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone
Am Dm Dm
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
Am E Am e |-X-|---|---|---|
Now I'll never see heaven or home B |---|---|-X-|---|
G |---|-X-|---|---|
Am Am D |---|---|---|---|
I made a wish on silver of moonlight XA |---|---|---|---|
Am E XE |---|---|---|---|
A sly grin and a bowl full of stars
Am Dm
Like a kid who captures a firefly
Am E Am
And leaves it only to die in the jar
Am Am
As I kick at the clouds at my hanging
Am E
As I swing out over the crowd
Am Dm
I will search every face for Lucinda's
Am E Am
And she will go off with me down to hell
Am Am
I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
Am E
The rain returned and so did the wind
Am Dm
I cast this burden on the God that's within me
Am E Am
I will leave this old world and go free Bmaj
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D Am e |---|-x-|---|---|---|
The devil dances inside empty pockets B |---|-x-|---|-X-|---|
D Am G |---|-x-|---|-X-|---|
But she did'nt want money or pearls D |---|-x-|---|-X-|---|
D Am A |---|-X-|---|---|---|
No, that wasn't enough for Lucinda XE |---|---|---|---|---|
Bmaj E
She wasn't that kind of girl
Am Am
Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda
Am E
Whoever thought that hell would be so cold
Am Dm
I did well for an old tin can sailor
Am E Am
But she wanted the bell in my soul
Am Am
I've spoken to God on the mountain
Am E
And I've swam in the Irish sea
Am Dm
I ate fire and drank from the Ganges
Am E Am
And I'll beg there for mercy for me
Am Am
I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
Am E
The rain returned and so did the wind
Am Dm
I was standing outside the Whitehorse
Am E Am
Oh but I was afraid to go in
Am Am
I heard someone pull the trigger
Am E
Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again
Am Dm
There was a smear of gold in the window
Am E Am
And then I was the jewel of her sin
Am Am
They call me William The Pleaser
Am E
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
Am Dm
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
Am E Am
When the shadows get long I'll be dead
Am Am
Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
Am E
Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone
Am Dm
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
Am E Am
Now I'll never see heaven or home
Am E Am
No I'll never see heaven or home
Am E Am
No I'll never see heaven or home
