The Fighter chords by Kris Kristofferson

Chords with lyrics

The Fighter:Kris Kristofferson.
- Album - Easter Island - on MONUMENT
Records in 1978.


INTRO: E MajorE


#1.
E MajorE
I seen an old fighter, tired and in trouble,
             BB
who just couldn't take anymore.
B minorBm    BB
Somethin' inside him kept fighting to finish,
             E MajorE
with only his feet on the floor, yeah.

#2.
E MajorE
Lord, I know that it's worth any price you
                  BB A augmentedA
could pay, to see truth in whatever disguise.
  BB
But I'd have paid double for one look of pleasure,
             E MajorE
a piece of relief in his eyes.


CHORUS:
      A augmentedA          E MajorE   A augmentedA
Ain't that clown, laughin' like crazy, ain't his
BB       E MajorE
eyes empty and deep?
     A augmentedA        E MajorE       BB
Don't he sound, sad as a baby, when she cries out
    E MajorE
in her sleep.


#3.
E MajorE
We measured the space between Waylon and Willie,
             BB
and Willie and Waylon and me.
BB
But there wasn't nothin' like Billy Jo Shaver,
       DbmDbm      E MajorE
what Billy Jo Shaver should be, no.

#4.
E MajorE
When he showed up sick, later, all bit by a spider,
       GbmGbm     A augmentedA
and crazy to look in the eye.
  BB
He put on a show that was sad as it should have been,
           E MajorE
and nobody even knew why.


CHORUS:
      A augmentedA          E MajorE   A augmentedA
Ain't that clown, laughin' like crazy, ain't his
BB       E MajorE
eyes empty and deep?
     A augmentedA        E MajorE     GbGb BB
Don't he sound, sad as a baby, when she cries out
    E MajorE
in her sleep.



OUTRO: E MajorE BB GbGb BB E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE




A augmentedA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.