Ain't No Rest For The Wicked chords by Postmodern Jukebox

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Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
by Cage the Elephant
(Postmodern Jukebox vintage jazz version)

Intro:

A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD F#dimF#dim E MajorE

Verse 1:
   A augmentedA
I was walking down the street
       C majorC
When out the corner of my eye
    D MajorD                F#dimF#dim E7E7
I saw a pretty little thing approaching me
        A augmentedA
She said, I've never seen a man
   F# minorF#m
Who looks so all alone
       F7F7      E7E7  A augmentedA
Uh, could you use a little company?
    A augmentedA
If you pay the right price
   C majorC
Your evening will be nice
      D MajorD          F#dimF#dim  E7E7
And you can go and send me on my way
        A augmentedA
I said, "You're such a sweet young thing
     F# minorF#m
Why'd you do this to yourself "
  F7F7    E7E7   A augmentedA
She looked at me and this is what she said

Chorus:
      A augmentedA    F# minorF#m     B minorBm   E7E7
Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked
A augmentedA      F# minorF#m   B minorBm   E7E7
Money don't grow on trees
   A augmentedA    A7A7
I got bills to pay
   D MajorD     D7D7
I got mouths to feed
      E MajorE
There ain't nothing in this world for free
     A augmentedA    F# minorF#m
I know I can't slow down
 B minorBm     E7E7
I can't hold back
      A augmentedA
Though you know
 F# minorF#m  B minorBm  E MajorE
I wish I could
       A augmentedA    A7A7      D MajorD    F#dimF#dim
Oh, no there ain't no rest for the wicked
     E MajorE
Until we close our eyes for good

Verse 2:
     A augmentedA
Not even 15 minutes later
     C majorC
I'm still walking down the street
        D MajorD              F#dimF#dim E7E7
When I saw the shadow of a man creep out of sight
      A augmentedA
And then he swept up from behind
     F# minorF#m
He put a gun up to my head
      F7F7       E7E7      A augmentedA
He made it clear he wasn't looking for a fight
     A augmentedA
He said, "Give me all you've got
      C majorC
I want your money not your life
      D MajorD                 F#dimF#dim  E7E7
But if you try to make a move, I won't think twice"
           A augmentedA
I told him, "You can have my cash
       F# minorF#m
But first you know I got to ask
       F7F7        E7E7   A augmentedA
What made you want to live this kind of life "

Chorus:
      A augmentedA    F# minorF#m     B minorBm   E7E7
He said, there ain't no rest for the wicked
A augmentedA      F# minorF#m   B minorBm   E7E7
Money don't grow on trees
   A augmentedA    A7A7
I got bills to pay
   D MajorD     D7D7
I got mouths to feed
      E MajorE
There ain't nothing in this world for free
     A augmentedA    F# minorF#m
I know I can't slow down
 B minorBm     E7E7
I can't hold back
      A augmentedA
Though you know
 F# minorF#m  B minorBm  E MajorE
I wish I could
       A augmentedA    A7A7      D MajorD    F#dimF#dim
Oh, no there ain't no rest for the wicked
     E MajorE
Until we close our eyes for good

Solo:
D MajorD D7D7 F# minorF#m  B7B7  C7C7 E7E7

Verse 3:
      A augmentedA
Well, now a couple hours passed
     C majorC
And I was sitting at my house
      D MajorD               F#dimF#dim E7E7
The day was winding down and coming to an end
     A augmentedA
And so I turned on the TV
        F# minorF#m
And flipped it over to the news
      F7F7      E7E7        A augmentedA
And what I saw I almost couldn't comprehend
    A augmentedA
I saw a preacher man in cuffs
      C majorC
He'd taken money from the church
         D MajorD                 F#dimF#dim E7E7
He'd stuffed his bank account with righteous dollar bills
     A augmentedA
But even still I can't say much
     F# minorF#m
Because I know we're all the same
        F7F7     E7E7      A augmentedA
Oh yes, we all seek out to satisfy those thrills

Chorus:
      A augmentedA    F# minorF#m     B minorBm   E7E7
Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked
A augmentedA      F# minorF#m   B minorBm   E7E7
Money don't grow on trees
   A augmentedA    A7A7
I got bills to pay
   D MajorD     D7D7
I got mouths to feed
      E MajorE             FF
There ain't nothing in this world for free
     A#A#     G minorGm
I know I can't slow down
 C minorCm     F7F7
I can't hold back
      Bb majorBb
Though you know
 G minorGm  C minorCm  FF
I wish I could
       Bb majorBb    Bb7Bb7      D#D#    GdimGdim
Oh, no there ain't no rest for the wicked
     FF
Until we close our eyes for good

Outro:
       Bb majorBb    Bb7Bb7      D#D#    GdimGdim
Oh, no there ain't no rest for the wicked
     FF
Until we close our eyes for good

Bb majorBb Bb7Bb7 D#D# GdimGdim  FF