Shell Game

D G then Bm A G Bm Bm A G Bm Bm A G Bm A G A G Bm Stumbled up the alley over Bm tins and wires and broken boxes A G Left for us to trip across Bm Another bunch of rotten bad luck Bm you can't win man what'd I tell you? A G Mucking hands can have a cost D First soaring then collision G Bm Like my television stories A G all end up the same So we D just drink deep inhale and G cough Move on before it Bm wears off are we smarter A G than this shell game? Bm A G Bm A Bm A G A G I blinked Bm Up the street to Grand Avenue Bm end up at the water front A Where pollution's made the G Bm sky go black Never trust the Bm books and never screw the Bm ones who don't deserve it A G Slump let reflections play back D First soaring then collision G Bm Like my television stories A G all end up the same So we D just drink deep inhale and G cough Move on before it Bm wears off are we smarter A G than this shell game? G I'm not Bm G A G Bm G A Em G Bm G A G Bm G A Em G G G It's no use kid I G can't stop bleeding D Take this old guitar D it's all I'm leaving D It's seen the Jersey A pines bright neon signs G And rode the Brighton line G I'll tell you what G you're up against G It's the toughest fucking D town I've ever seen A And you're going it alone A you're an outsider so Em G Keep your profile low G D A G Now what G D A Em G Em