Verse 1: C I still remember Miss Bessie singing D Black, wrinkled fingers on ivory keys C D Just five years old, my church shoes a-dangling C G C Yeah, she's long gone and I'm still chasing this song Chorus:
G D G D With a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines G D Em D That nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride D G Cadd9 G I got a crazy heart, but I was born to lose it D G Em D Married to a dream with a mistress named music Verse 2: C No hope and squarely solitary D Enough whiskey and Coke, boys, to get me in a bind C D Amps juiced, the whole damn block could hear me C Even that cop car rolling past G By the time they hit the front door D I was out the back Chorus: G D G D With a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines G D Em D That nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride D G Cadd9 G I got a crazy heart, but I was born to lose it D G Em D Married to a dream with a mistress named music (na na na...............) D Cadd9 G D D Cadd9 Em D Verse 3: C White calloused fingers on bronze and nylon C D These same old boots are still tapping time C D Not quite the buzz I used to tie on C G But 'til I'm gone, I'll be chasing this song Verse: (Angel Eyes) C Em Fmaj7 G Girl, you're looking fine tonight C Em Fmaj7 G And every guy has got you in his sight F Em Dm C What you're doing with a clown like me F Em D7 Is surely one of life's little mysteries Chorus: C Em So tonight I'll ask F G The stars above C Em F G "How did I ever win your love?" F C What did I do, E Am What did I say F C G C To turn your angel eyes my way Verse: (Fins) G A D She came down from Cincinnati G A D It took her three days on the train G A D Lookin' for some peace and quiet G A D Hoped to see the sun again G A D But now she lives down by the ocean G A D She's takin' care to look for sharks G A D They hang out in the local bars G A D And they feed right after dark Chorus: F#7m B7m Can't you feel 'em circlin', honey F#7m B7m Can't you feel 'em swimmin' around G A G A You got fins to the left, fins to the right G A D And you're the only bait in town G A G A You got fins to the left, fins to the right G A D And you're the only girl in town Verse: (Feel Like Making Love) D G Baby, when I think about you, D G I think about love. D G Darling, couldn't live without you, D G and your love. D G D G If I had those golden dreams, of my yesterday D I would wrap you, G In the heavens, D G And feel it dying (dying, dying) on the way Chorus: D I feel like making G D Feel like making love G D Feel like making love G D Feel like making love C G D Feel like making love to you Verse: (Pink Houses) E Well there's a young man, in a tee-shirt, listening to a rockin' rollin' station He's got greasy hair, and a greasy smile he says, D A E "Lord this must be my destination" Cause they told me, when I was younger, "Boy you're gonna be President" D A But just like everything else those old crazy dreams, E just kinda came and went Chorus: E A E Oh, but ain't that America, for you and me? A E Ain't that America, something to see baby? A B Ain't that America, home of the free? A Little pink houses, for you and me Verse: (End of the Innocence) G Remember when the days were long C and rolled beneath a deep blue sky G Didn't have a care in the world C D With mommy and daddy standing by G But happily ever after fails C and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales G The lawyers dwell on small details Em C D Since daddy had to fly Chorus: Em7 Am7 Ah but I know a place where we can go Em7 Cmaj7 D That's still untouched by man Em7 Am7 We'll sit and watch the clouds go by Cmaj7 D and the tall grass wave in the wind G C you can lay your head back on the ground G C And let your hair fall all around me G C Offer up your best defense Em7 Am7 D Em7 D But this is the end, This is the end G Of the Innocence Verse 1: (Guitar Town) G C C G/B Hey pretty baby are you ready for me? It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee D C C* I'm just outta Austin bound for San Antone with the radio blastin' and the Bird Dog on Verse 2: G C C G/B Speed trap up ahead Selma town but no local yokel's gonna shut me down D C G* Cause me and my boys got this rig unwound and we've come a thousand miles from the guitar town Bridge: D Hey pretty baby don't you know it ain't my fault C G Love to hear the steel belts hummin on the asphalt D Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop C D7 Stumble in the restaurant, wonderin' why I don't stop Verse 1: (The Joker) E A B A You're the cutest thing that I ever did see E A B A I really love your peaches want to shake your tree E A B A Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time E A B A Ooh wee baby, I sure show you a good time Chorus: E A Cause' I'm a picker, I'm a grinner E A I'm a lover, And I'm a sinner E A B A playin' my music in the sun E A I'm a joker, I'm a smoker E A I'm a mid-night toker E A B I sure don't want to hurt no one, Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Chorus: G D G D With a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines G D Em D That nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride D G Cadd9 G I got a crazy heart, but I was born to lose it D G Em D Married to a dream with a mistress named music