Ben Rogers - The dealer

^EmI was born in Ca^Grolina ^CRaised with a heavy h^Dand ^EmMy mother was a-pu^Gshing up daisies ^CMy father was a drinking m^Dan ^EmThe one night my beati^Gng never came ^CI learned why when I found him in the ha^Dll ^EmAll five years of his^G education ^CSplattered on the wa^Dll

^EmSo I packed my bags and I mo^Gved to the city ^CNo way to make ends ^Dmeet ^EmI found a bag of g^Grass in a gutter ^CAnd I sold it on the s^Dtreet ^EmTo a man who said, “You re^Gmind me of myself When I started dea^Clin’, why don’t you come with ^Dme” ^EmAnd before I’d even t^Gouched the surface ^CI knew I was in too d^Deep

^EmNow everyone I kn^Gow ^{C D Em}Everyone I know i^Gs go^Cne ^{D Em}Everything I done^{G C D Em}Everything I done^G is ^Cwron^Cg ^{D G}Some people call me^D the Sinful ^CHealer ^{D Em}I’m the dealer

^EmThe work got easier when the d^Grugs got harder ^CI should have known it wouldn’t l^Dast ^EmThe golden opportunity to q^Guit came shining ^CBut I watched it turn to ^Dbrass ^EmI earned my keep from the p^Geople who would die To k^Cill their invincible p^Dain ^EmAs long as all the bag brides and p^Gimps and junkies ^CHad nothing to lose there’d be something to g^Dain

^EmThen all it took was one t^Gaste of my poison ^CAnd that was ^Dit ^EmAnd I wound up like some b^Gloodthirsty spider ^CTangled up in its own w^Deb ^EmOh, temptation never f^Gails ^CBut it only lets you ^Ddown ^EmAnd addiction has you ^Gdecomposing ^CLong before you’re in the g^Dround

^EmNow everyone I kn^Gow ^{C D Em}Everyone I know i^Gs go^Cne ^{D Em}Everything I done^{G C D Em}Everything I done^G is ^Cwron^Cg ^{D G}Some people call me^D the Sinful ^CHealer ^D Em Dvar C I’m the dealer

^EmTonight the smokestacks in C^Garolina ^CAre monuments to our glorious ^Ddecay ^EmI shiver and I shudder in the ^Galley and I wonder ^CHow it all turned out this ^Dway ^EmI guess I don’t blame no one, ^GI guess that I could change ^CBut a crooked gun don’t shoot s^Dtraight ^EmHenpecking curbs for coins, ^GI bridge the vein and pay the boy ^CAnd as he turns to leave I hear him ^Dsay,

^EmNow everyone I kn^Gow ^{C D Em}Everyone I know i^Gs go^Cne ^{D Em}Everything I done^{G C D Em}Everything I done^G is ^Cwron^Cg ^{D G}Some people call me^D the Sinful ^CHealer ^{D G}Ah, but mine will be the face that he ^Dsees when he looks in the ^Cmirror ^D Em Dvar C I’m the dealer