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