Joan Baez - The altar boy and the thief

At ^Dm7night in the safety of s^G7hadows and numbers ^Dm7Seeking some turf on which ^G7nothing encumbers The ^Dm7buying and selling of ^G7casual looks ^Dm7Stuff that gets printed in ^G7x-rated books Your ^Ammother might have tried to under^Gstand When you were ^Amhardly your daddy's little ^Gman And you ^Fmaj7gave up saluting the ^Gchief To f^G7sus4ind yourself some ^Crelief ^{Dm/C C}

^Dm7Finely plucked eyebrows and ^G7skin of satin ^Dm7Smiling seductive and ^G7endlessly Latin Ol^Dm7ympic body on ^G7dancing feet ^AmPerfume thickening the ^Gair like heat A ^Amtransient star of gay bar ^Gfame You ^Amquit your job and changed your ^Gname And you're ^Fmaj7nearly beyond be^Glief As y^G7sus4ou hunt down a lit^Ctle rel^Dm/Cief ^C

The ^Dm7seven foot black with the ^G7emerald ring ^Dm7Broke up a fight without ^G7saying a thing As the ^Dm7cops cruised by wanting ^G7one more chance To ^Amsend Jimmy Baldwin back ^Gover to France And a ^Amtrucker with kids and a ^Gwife Pre^Amfers to spend half of his l^Gife In ^Fmaj7early Bohemian mo^Gtif Playing ^G7sus4pool and getting rel^Cief ^{Dm/C C}

My ^Dm7favorite couple was ^G7looking so fine ^Dm7Dancing in rhythm and ^G7laughing in rhyme In the ^Dm7light of the jukebox all ^G7yellow and blue ^AmHolding each other as ^Gyoung lovers do To ^Amme they will always re^Gmain Uns^Amhamed, untamed, and un^Gblamed The ^Fmaj7altar boy and the ^Gthief ^G7sus4Grabbing themselves some ^Crelief ^{Dm/C C}

The ^Amaltar boy and the ^Gthief ^G7sus4Catching a little re^Clief ^{G7 C}