The Card Cheat
Intro C, C Dm C, C, C Dm C,. X2
F, F, Dm C, C, G, G, F C/E, G/D, G
C Dm C
There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me"
Dm C
It's only because he's a-lonely
Dm C
If the keeper of time runs slowly
Dm C
He won't be alive for long!
F C Dm C
If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned
G
With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve?
F C/E G/D G
It means nothing!
C Dm C
To the opium dens and the barroom gin
Dm C
In the Belmont chair playing violins
Dm C
The gambler's face cracks into a grin
Dm C
As he lays down the king of spades
F
But the dealer just stares
C Dm C
There's something wrong here, he thinks
G
The gambler is seized and forced to his knees
F C/E G/D G
And shot.......... Dead
Link C, C Dm C, C, C Dm C X2
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F
He only wanted more time
C Dm C
Away from the darkest door
G
But his luck it gave in, as the dawn light crept in
F C/E G/D G
And he lay on the floor
C Dm C
From the Hundred Year War to the Crimea
Dm C
With a lance and a musket and a roman spear
Dm C
To all of the men who have stood with no fear
Dm C
In the service of the King
F
Before you met your fate be sure you
C Dm C
Did not forsake
G F C/E G/D G
Your lover, may not be around anymore
Link C, C Dm C, C, C Dm C x2
F, F, Dm C, C
G, G, F C/E, G/D G
C Dm C
There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me"
Dm C
It's only because he's a-lonely
Dm C
If the keeper of time runs slowly
Dm C
He won't be alive for long!
Outro F, F, C, Dm C
G, G, F C/E, G/D, G
C, C Dm C, C, C Dm C x2
F, F, Dm C, C
C, C, C, C
C, C, C, C
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