The Easy Mark & the Old Maid Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Some men collapse at the[Am] racetrack
[G]Their wrong and beat up,
their eyes black
Others wilt in [Am]casinos
Roll dice and [G]piss away speedboats
Some dissolve into [Am]bar stools
Scratched [G]off in boxes
and playoff pools
I spent myself on [C]a psych[Am]ic
[G]I lost my way and a friend
said she would find it
Man, we [C]were [D]wrong.
Man, we [Em]were [G]wrong.
I [C]asked for the future,
[Adim]She only sang me a s[G]ong.

[Verse 2]
[G]Some men they go make their [Am]own luck
[C]Gro[G]w fat from feeding on lame ducks
The easy mark and the [Am]old
[Bm]maid
The invalid and the in[G]grate
Others wait for that [A]high [Am]sign
Some [G]holy [Bm]hoax in [G]the tree- line
Me, I'm counting my [Am]canned food
[Bm]Bunkered down [G]waiting out
our slingshot moods
But what if [C]I'm [D]wrong?
What if [Em]I'm [G]wrong?
[C]I'll open my doors up
[Adim]People, come sweep me along.

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][A][C][G][Em]
[A][C][G][Em][A][C][G]
[Em][A][Am][C][Cm][D]

[Verse 3]
Eyes are fixed and [Am]my palms are spread
[C]Dissonance floats my
ship[G]wrecked head
God sleeps in the Ga[Am]za strip
[Bm]And man alone's left alone to live with [G]it
The coin- flip faith of the op[Am]timist
[D]It's be[Bm]ginners [D]luck in a sew[G]ing kit
What's to do when there [Am]is no fix
[D]On [Bm]the u[D]nflinching a[G]mbivalence?

[Verse 4]
But you say [C]that's [D]wrong
Hopeless an[Em]d wro[G]ng
We [C]re- thread your needle,
You [Adim]say, "God, play along."

[Outro 1]
[G][C][G][A][Gdim]
[G][C][G][C#dim][Gdim][G][C#dim]
[Gdim][G]