[Lead]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----11-13-13-13-13---13--11----------------------------------11--|
G|-12-------------------------12-10vvv-8-10-8-10-10-10---10--8-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]
[Cm]  [A#]   [G#]    [A#]
 
[Cm]           [A#]              [G#]         [A#]    [Cm]         [A#]           [G#]   [A#]
 "There must be some kind of way out of here,"  said the joker to the thief,
[Cm]        [A#]          [G#]    [A#] [Cm]        [A#]       [G#]    [A#]
 "There's too much confusion,    I can't get no relief.
[Cm]       [A#]        [G#]       [A#]    [Cm]       [A#]     [G#]     [A#]
 Businessmen, they drink my wine,  plowmen dig my earth,
[Cm]          [A#]    [G#]       [A#]  [Cm]      [A#]          [G#]      [A#]
  None will level on the line   nobody offered his word."
 
[Instrumental] (Power Chords: Cm - Bb - Ab - Bb)
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
 
[Verse 2]
[Cm]           [A#]              [G#]         [A#]    [Cm]         [A#]           [G#]   [A#]
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
[Cm]        [A#]          [G#]    [A#] [Cm]        [A#]       [G#]    [A#]
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
[Cm]       [A#]        [G#]       [A#]    [Cm]       [A#]     [G#]     [A#]
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
[Cm]        [A#]    [G#]       [A#]   [Cm]          [A#]           [G#]      [A#]
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
 
[Instrumental] (Power Chords: Cm - Bb - Ab - Bb)
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
 
[Verse 3]
[Cm]           [A#]              [G#]         [A#]    [Cm]         [A#]           [G#]   [A#]
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
[Cm]        [A#]          [G#]    [A#] [Cm]        [A#]       [G#]    [A#]
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
[Cm]      [A#]          [G#]     [A#]  [Cm]       [A#]     [G#]     [A#]
Outside in the cold distance    a wildcat did growl,
[Cm]         [A#]          [G#]    [A#]      [Cm]           [A#]         [G#]      [A#]
Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.