INTRO: C#m-B-A-B-C#m-B-A
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| "T | here must be | some way | out of here, | " | said the j | oker to the thie | f, |
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| "T | here's too mu | ch confus | io | n, | I can't g | et no rel | ief. |
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| Bu | sinessmen the | y drink m | y win | e, | plowman d | ig my ear | th, |
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| No | ne of them al | ong the l | in | e | know what | any of it is w | orth." |
| "No need to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, |
| "There are many here among us who think that life is but a joke. |
| But you and I, we've been through that, and that is not our fate, |
| So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." |
| All along the watchtower, princes kept the view |
| While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. |
| Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, |
| Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. |