Intro: E7 A
Verse 1:
A E
Oh, every girl in town, they know my name
E7 A
At any door i’m never turned away
D
My tongue has many uses
A
(be it pleasure or excuses)
D E7 A
Invite me in, but know i cannot stay
Verse 2:
A E
I’ve got a reputation to uphold
E7 A
I’m in my prime, in spite of getting old
D
Each tune and each recital
A
Offers proof that i’m still vital
D E A
They buy my lies wherever they are sold
D A
I go by many names and many faces
Dm A
I’m infamous and wanted many places
D E
I’m searching for, you see,
C# F#m
A missing part of me —
D E A
But let’s not look at that! alone, i’m free
Verse 3:
A E
This entertainer travels with a band
E7 A
Some friends who revel with me ‘cross the land
D
And though we’ve faced real danger
A C#
I still feel that i’m a stranger
D E A
Like any story, nothing goes as planned
D A
Into my rambling life, there comes a tether
Dm A
Unfortunately two birds of a feather
D E
A girl i wish i’d known
C# F#m
A daughter, smart and grown
D E A
She hates me, and again i am alone
Bridge:
F#m
Now disillusioned with my fame
D
There’s one way i can clear my name:
E
Embrace my kin and hence begin
A
A life of reparations
F#m
To prove i can be something more
Bm
To her (and me) i shut the door
E
On those i called my friends
C#
And leave a wake of devastation
D
My selfhood making much more sense
E
My lifeblood given recompense
F#m Bm
I find my self remaining incomplete
D
But all good stories have a knack
A
For recapitulation —
D E A
I’m beckoned back to once familiar streets
Verse 4:
A E
Now as divine appointed storyteller crowned
E7 A
I tell my tales both live and leather-bound
D
We all could use reminding
A C#
That our pasts are never binding
D E7 A
And any part that’s missing can be found