Simon Keeper chords by Cowboy Junkies

Chords with lyrics

"Simon Keeper" - Cowboy Junkies - One Soul Now - 2004
      Transcribed by wranglingoutlaw

INTRO - DmDm | DmDm | DmDm | DmDm

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Jesus was a carpenter He died nailed to a wooden cross.
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Irony oh irony upon Me it is never lost.

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Gather 'round now people, I'm here to tell a tale
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About a man who walks among You, a man You each know well.
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My name is Simon Keeper I had a wife and three grown kids,
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A augmentedA job in the towers cooking the books for the shills that grease the skids.

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Irony oh irony, you are a bitter fruit to eat.
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Stripped of all your beauty Your flesh is none too sweet.

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Now I ain't the most honest man that ever worked a skim.
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I was caught with My hand in the cookie jar and brother that was it.
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Fifty-four and a big black mark upon My résumé,
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I found selling off what You don't own might earn You the time of day.

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Next it was a letter from My darling one,
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"what's Yours is mine, what's mine is mine", Sealed with a hug and kiss.
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One by one My children closed their lives to Me.
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Lesson learned on Daddy's knee, "give no quarter to the weak".

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Irony oh irony, You are the polar seed of truth,
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You grow upon the open plain the faithful you uproot.

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Kicked around 'bout a year living hand to mouth,
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Then one day tryin' to bum a light. I felt My will give out.
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Sat right down on the corner, started prayin' a little too loud.
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Left My troubles far behind When I saw them emptying their pockets out.

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Irony oh irony, You are a treacherous son of a bitch,
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Pretending not to care about the heights You'll never reach.

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Now I won't start in preaching 'bout reaping what You sow,
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This is the story of a half-hearted man, Half honest as they go.
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But sit on down and rest a spell I've got another tale to tell.
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About a lost young man in a far away land whose life is just too easy to sell.

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Jesus was a carpenter He died nailed to a wooden cross.
Bb majorBb     C majorC    DmDm
Irony oh irony upon Me it is never lost.

DmDm
Jesus was a carpenter He died nailed to a wooden cross.
     A minorAm     Bb majorBb   C majorC       DmDm
Irony oh irony upon Me    it's never lost.