[Verse]
[Am] [G] [F] [G]
[Am] "There must [G]be some kind of[F] way out o[G]f her[Am]e," said t[G]he joker to [F]the [G]thief,
[Am] "There's [G]too much co[F]nfusi[G]on[Am], I can[G]'t get n[F]o rel[G]ief.
[Am] Business[G]men, they[F] drink m[G]y win[Am]e, plowm[G]en dig[F] my ea[G]rth,
[Am] None of [G]them [F]along th[G]e li[Am]ne know wh[G]at any of it[F] is wor[G]th."
[Verse2]
[Am]"No reason to[G]to get excited," [F]the thief,[G] he k[Am]indly spoke[G], [F] [G]
[Am]"There are[G]are many here [F]among[G] u[Am]s who feel[G] that li[F]fe is[G] but a joke.
[Am]But you a[G]and I, we'[F]we've been [G]throu[Am]gh that, [G]and th[F]is is [G]not our fate,
[Am]So let us [G]not t[F]talk fals[G]falsely [Am]now, the hou[G]r is getting[F] late."[G]
[Verse3]
[Am]All along the[G] watchtower, pr[F]inces kept[G] the [Am]view [G] [F] [G]
[Am]While all [G]the women c[F]ame a[G]nd[Am] went, bar[G]efoot se[F]rvant[G]s, too.
[Am]Outside i[G]in the dis[F]distance a [G]wildc[Am]at did gr[G]owl, [F] [G]
[Am]Two riders[G] were[F] approac[G]hing[Am], the wind b[G]egan to howl[F] [G]
