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"There must be some kind of way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
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"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
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Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
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None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."
Instrumental
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--10----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----| X4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
Verse 2CmBbAbBbCmBbAbBb
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
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"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
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But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
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So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
Instrumental
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--10----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----| X4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
Verse 3CmBbAbBbCmBbAbBb
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
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While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
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Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
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Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.