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Nickel Deams Chords by Guy Smith

Nickel Deams chords by Guy Smith

Guitar chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
C                            B7
I've stumbled in the gutter, I’ve walked a crooked line
A7                             Em
Told myself to do right, but I failed nearly every time
B7                             A7
I bought a pack of dreams, but they all blew away
C                                    Em
Like cigarette ash escaping from the tray

Chorus:
B7                                             C7                B7
When your dreams ain't worth a nickel, and you pray that hope is kind
A7                                         C
You double down on nothing, ‘cause you put nothing on the line
B7                                      C7                     B7
And you roll snake eyes yet again, your luck turns from bad to worse
A7                                    Em
As fate walks away laughing, and your prayer becomes a curse
Verse 2:

C                             B7
Just an old denim jacket, and boots needing repair
A7                                        Em
Abandoned love in the rear view, and a 20 yard vacant stare
B7                          A7
A million faded yesterdays, tomorrow's alibis
C                                                    Em
Directionless, with a nagging cough behind bloodshot eyes

Verse 3:

C                          B7
I bet big on the game, but life took all the stakes
A7                                             Em
Expectations expired fast, deepening all these aches
B7                            A7
Family passed or walked away, anchors tossed aside
C                                         Em
Self-inflicted wounds from self-inflicted pride

Chorus:
B7                                             C7                B7
When your dreams ain't worth a nickel, and you pray that hope is kind
A7                                         C
You double down on nothing, ‘cause you put nothing on the line
B7                                      C7                     B7
And you roll snake eyes yet again, your luck turns from bad to worse
A7                                    Em
As fate walks away laughing, and your prayer becomes a curse

Verse 4:

C                                    B7
Maggie you might have rescued me, if I had just allowed
A7                                    Em
Turn up my jacket collar, as the rain falls from clouds
B7                         A7
Stumble to the train yard, freight cars aren’t heading home
C                                                      Em
My nickel dreams bought me nothing, but sadness to the bone

Chorus:
B7                                             C7                B7
When your dreams ain't worth a nickel, and you pray that hope is kind
A7                                         C
You double down on nothing, ‘cause you put nothing on the line
B7                                      C7                     B7
And you roll snake eyes yet again, your luck turns from bad to worse
A7                                    Em
As fate walks away laughing, and your prayer becomes a curse

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