Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: BB
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
BB C# minorC#m D#mD#m C# minorC#m (x2)
Verse 1:
BB C# minorC#m D#mD#m
He'd been dealt a bad hand nearly fifty years old
E MajorE
Cleanin' glasses, at night in a bar
D#mD#m
Only one good hand for to play him his tunes
C# minorC#m F#F#
On a piano all tired out and marred
Chorus:
E MajorE BB
And the stone angel hung on the wall up above
C# minorC#m E MajorE F#F#
Looked out blind, all the nights long.
BB C# minorC#m D#mD#m C# minorC#m
But when the one-armed man played to an empty saloon,
BB A augmentedA BB
She looked down and smiled as he played her his songs.
Instrumental:
C# minorC#m D#mD#m C# minorC#m BB C# minorC#m D#mD#m C# minorC#m
Verse 2:
BB C# minorC#m D#mD#m
Duke, the white Shepherd who guarded the room
E MajorE
Never leavin' the back of the bar
D#mD#m
Would climb up on the stage and curl up around his feet
C# minorC#m F#F#
As to guard him and his music from harm.
Chorus:
E MajorE BB
And the stone angel hung on the wall up above
C# minorC#m E MajorE F#F#
Looked out blind, all the nights long.
BB C# minorC#m D#mD#m C# minorC#m
But when the one-armed man played to an empty saloon,
BB A augmentedA BB
She looked down and smiled as he played her his songs.
Instrumental:
C# minorC#m D#mD#m C# minorC#m BB C# minorC#m D#mD#m C# minorC#m
Verse 3:
BB C# minorC#m D#D#
I heard him one night,when he thought to be alone.
E MajorE
And I lied and I did him a wrong.
D#mD#m
I can't give back the pleasure his music gave to me,
C# minorC#m F#F#
I can only give him this song.
Verse 4:
BB C# minorC#m D#mD#m
He played better with one hand than most men with two.
E MajorE
Yet made posters for all of the stars.
D#mD#m
And I wish to my heart he could play for you,
C# minorC#m F#F#
So you'd know just how happy you are.
Final Chorus:
E MajorE BB
And the stone angel hung on the wall up above
C# minorC#m E MajorE F#F#
And me and the big white dog.
BB C# minorC#m D#D# C#C#
All stopped once to listen,to the one-armed man play
BB A augmentedA E MajorE
To their smiles in an empty saloon.
Outro:
E MajorE D#m6D#m6 C#m7C#m7 BB