C                      Dm
The pawnbroker he just roared
      Em                F
And it was good for the landlord
C      Dm    C      F  G
To see me so crazy,      Wasn't it?
C             Dm
Both were so glad
          Em                 F
To see me lose everything I had
C    Dm          C          F                G
Pain sure brings out the best in people, now, doesn't it?

Em                           Dm
Why didn't you just leave me If you didn't want to stay?
Em                                 Dm                     F        G
Why'd you have to treat me so bad? Did it have to be that way?
G   F   C     Dm     C
Now you stand here asking me
                  F              G
If something happened, I got to say
     Am                                G
And you, I see you're still with her, well
       Am                                                 G          G  F  Em  Dm
That's fine 'cause she's comin' on so strange, can't you tell?
C           Dm        C      F
I think you better explain
                C         Dm       C           F
What she should really do with her iron chain
    C      Dm           C            F      G
I'd do it before, but I just can't remember how
Am          G
Talk to her
F          Am     G
You're her lover now

       C              Dm
Yes I, I've already assumed
        Em                 F
That we weren't in the felony room
    C  Dm      C          F                 G
But I ain't the judge, you don't have to be nice to me
     C               Dm
Will you please tell that
        Em                   F
To your friend with the cowboy hat
     C      Dm       C        F        G
He keeps on sayin' everything twice to me

Em
You know I was straight with you
Dm
You know I never tried to change you in any way
Em
You know if you didn't want to be with me
                Dm         F    G
That you didn't have to stay.
G   F   C     Dm     C                    F
Now you stand here sayin' you forgive me, well
            G
What can I say?
     Am                                                          G
And you, you just sit around and ask for ashtrays,well, can't you reach?
Am                                                    G         G  F  Em  Dm
I see you kiss her on the cheek everytime she gives a speech
         C           Dm       C       F
With her picture books of the pyramid
      C      Dm   C          F
And snapshots of billy the kid
        C   Dm           C            F         G
They're all nice but I refuse to stand here and bow
Am              G
Explain it to her
F          Am     G
You're her lover now

C                  Dm
And everybody that cares
           Em                  F
I see them goin' up the castle stairs
    C   Dm  C      F     G
But I'm not up in your castle, honey
C        Dm
Can't recall
Em               F
San Francisco at all
C Dm    C         F     G
I can't even remember El Paso, uh , honey
Em
You know you never had to be faithful
Dm
I never expect you to grieve
Em
Oh, why was it so hard to you
                      Dm                F        G
If you didn't want to be there, just to leave?

G   F   C     Dm
Now you stand here
          C       F           G
With you finger's goin' up my sleeve
    Am                         G
And you, just what you do, anyway?
    Am                                                         G        G F Em Dm
What are you, some kind of moose, Ain't there nothing you can say?
          C        Dm           C     F
She'll be standin' on the bar soon
      C      Dm           C     F
With a fish head and a harpoon
        C   Dm     C        F      G
An' a fake beard plastered on her brow
Am                   G
You'd better do something
F          Am     G
You're her lover now

C                      Dm
Why must I fall for this madness?
Em                    F
Do I look like Charles Atlas?
       C    Dm    C      F        G
Do you think I still got what you still got, honey?
C                   Dm
Her voice is really warm

Em
(Oh, right)