Cowboy Junkies - Simon keeper

^DmJesus was a carpenter He died nailed to a wooden cross. Irony oh ^Amirony upon ^BbMe it is never ^Dmlost.

^DmGather 'round now people, I'm here to tell a tale About a man who walks among You^Am, a man You each know well. My^Dm name is Simon Keeper I had a wife and three grown kids, A job in the towers^Am cooking the books for the ^Bbshills that grease the ^Dmskids.

^DmIrony oh irony, you are a ^Ambitter fruit to eat. ^BbStripped of all your ^Cbeauty Your f^Dmlesh is none too sweet.

^DmNow I ain't the most honest man that ever worked a skim. I was caught with My hand in the cookie jar^Am and brother that was it. ^DmFifty-four and a big black mark upon My résumé, I found selling off^Am what You don't own might^Bb earn You the time of ^Dmday.

^DmNext it was a letter from My darling one, "what's Yours is mine, what's mine is m^Amine", Sealed with a hug and kiss. ^DmOne by one My children closed their lives to Me. Lesson learned o^Amn Daddy's knee, "giv^Bbe no quarter to^Dm the weak".

^DmIrony oh irony, You are the ^Ampolar seed of truth, ^BbYou grow upon the o^Cpen plain the f^Dmaithful you uproot.

^DmKicked around 'bout a year living hand to mouth, Then one day tryin' to bum a light^Am. I felt My will give out. ^DmSat right down on the corner, started prayin' a little too loud. Left My troubles^Am far behind When I saw ^Bbthem emptying their pockets ^Dmout.

^DmIrony oh irony, You are a t^Amreacherous son of a bitch, ^BbPretending not to ^Ccare about the ^Dmheights You'll never reach.

^DmNow I won't start in preaching 'bout reaping what You sow, This is the story of a half-hearted man^Am, Half honest as they go. ^DmBut sit on down and rest a spell I've got another tale to tell. About a lost young man in a^Am far away land whose life is^Bb just too easy to ^Dmsell.

^DmJesus was a carpenter He died ^Amnailed to a wooden cross. ^BbIrony oh ir^Cony upon ^DmMe it is never lost.

^DmJesus was a carpenter He died nailed to a wooden cross. Irony oh ^Amirony upon ^BbMe ^C it's never ^Dmlost.