Chords with lyrics
The Fighter:Kris Kristofferson.
- Album - Easter Island - on MONUMENT
Records in 1978.
INTRO: E MajorE
#1.
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I seen an old fighter, tired and in trouble,
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who just couldn't take anymore.
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Somethin' inside him kept fighting to finish,
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with only his feet on the floor, yeah.
#2.
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Lord, I know that it's worth any price you
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could pay, to see truth in whatever disguise.
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But I'd have paid double for one look of pleasure,
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a piece of relief in his eyes.
CHORUS:
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Ain't that clown, laughin' like crazy, ain't his
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eyes empty and deep?
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Don't he sound, sad as a baby, when she cries out
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in her sleep.
#3.
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We measured the space between Waylon and Willie,
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and Willie and Waylon and me.
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But there wasn't nothin' like Billy Jo Shaver,
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what Billy Jo Shaver should be, no.
#4.
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When he showed up sick, later, all bit by a spider,
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and crazy to look in the eye.
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He put on a show that was sad as it should have been,
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and nobody even knew why.
CHORUS:
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Ain't that clown, laughin' like crazy, ain't his
BB E MajorE
eyes empty and deep?
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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.